Pritzker defends mandatory face coverings in schools – Center Square

Three Illinois school organizations have informed the state that they will be deciding their own safety guidelines; Their letters to the state board explained that the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in 1922 that government cannot make rules “which merely have a tendency to prevent” the spread of infectious diseases.

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Cook County Board passes resolutions on use of CARES Act funding, moving more of $51 million to disinvested suburbs under ‘equitable’ funding formula – Yahoo

County legal counsel Laura Lechowicz Felicione said the county is not legally required to share any of the $429 million from the federal government with municipalities. “We are confident, based upon the reporting requirements and the reimbursement guidelines, that the stance that we are taking is appropriate.”

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