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In a new filing in a court fight over whether to continue federal court oversight over Illinois state government hiring practices, reform advocates allege Gov. JB Pritzker's administration won't agree to certify under oath that they have no knowledge of continued politically motivated hiring
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The Illinois Attorney General, representing Pritzker, said he expects the appeal to be decided within two weeks
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The judge issued a temporary restraining order on Pritzker's authority to force school districts to require students to wear masks and to exclude children suspected of being exposed to COVID from school without due process
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Plaintiffs say Gov. JB Pritzker and 140 school districts overstepped the state's public health law in issuing statewide COVID mask, testing and student 'exclusion' mandates, unilaterally rewriting state quarantine rules in the process
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A federal appeals panel says Pritzker hasn't tried to close houses of worship in 19 months, and deserves the 'respect' to allow him the chance to abide by Supreme Court rulings declaring other states violated the Constitution in ordering churches closed over COVID
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A legal challenge to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers over high school athletics now has been amended to ask a Springfield judge to block Pritzker and others from requiring Illinois high school athletes and students to receive COVID vaccines
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A Springfield judge has again refused Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to quickly end a lawsuit brought by the owner of Geneva restaurant FoxFire, asserting Pritzker violated the law when he issued indoor dining shutdown orders in 2020
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A Springfield judge refused to step away from the lawsuit brought by hundreds of parents challenging mask and exclusion mandates imposed by Gov. JB Pritzker and enforced by nearly two dozen school districts, indicating she believed the defendants may be using a tactic to push back a ruling on the plaintiffs' request for a restraining order against the mandates
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Attorney General Raoul Announces Pilot Program With National Child Identification Program.
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A three-judge panel heard arguments on Dec. 10, as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker continues to press his case to throw off decades-old orders intended to tamp down corrupt government hiring practices
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A fight over the recent decision to cancel, then resume, sports and other extracurricular activities at Oak Park River Forest High School illustrates a "grey area" in the law over school closures amid COVID
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Appeals panel says no evidence county failed to engage in good faith negotiations
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Gov. JB Pritzker continues to fight in court against a Geneva restaurant owner, who is seeking a court order declaring Pritzker violated the law in issuing a pandemic-related indoor dining ban last fall
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A federal judge has explained he recently refused to block the governor and Chicago mayor from forcing COVID-19 vaccinations upon city workers, saying the workers' evidence against the value of vaccines was "slim" and the city's evidence in favor was "substantial."
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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled state police were wrong to pull an Illinois man's FOID card over a 20-year-old domestic battery rap.
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Even though no dissolution is imminent, three appeals judges said the state can't just dismiss the case, under the public interest exception.
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Attorney Tom Devore has represented clients in a string of lawsuits vs Gov. JB Pritzker since May 2020 over Pritzker's use of executive powers and COVID-related mandates
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Split appeals panel said judge was wrong to order total cleanup of Ford Heights property, work that the landowners estimated would cost $100 million or more.
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Attorney Tom Devore, who is representing many people suing Gov. JB Pritzker and school districts over student mask mandates, says the governor broke a deal and is "judge shopping"
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, on behalf of Gov. JB Pritzker, filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court to consolidate and transfer several different cases, including a massive class action involving hundreds of parents and students vs 145 school districts, over Pritzker's school mask orders.