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Peoria County threatened with legal action over 'threats' made over businesses opening amid COVID restrictions
The attorney representing southern Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey and others challenging Gov. JB Pritzker's COVID emergency powers sent a letter to Peoria County warning them against enforcing Pritzker's executive orders. -
Churches, businesses say IL abortion funding rules violate religious freedom rights, fly in face of Supreme Court ruling
The lawsuit filed in court in Springfield asks the court declare the Illinois Reproductive Health Act illegal. -
Bailey: Pritzker still 'forum shopping' in legal dispute over whether guv's COVID orders overstepped authority
State Rep. Darren Bailey says Gov. JB Pritzker has gone to "great lengths to contrive" legal reasons to avoid allowing a southern Illinois county judge to rule on the question of whether Pritzker had the authority to shut down the state in response to COVID-19. -
Pritzker: Rep. Bailey's challenge of guv's COVID power belongs in federal court, despite DOJ opinion otherwise
Gov. JB Pritzker's reply to filings by State Rep. Darren Bailey and the U.S. Justice Department opposing him does not address accusations the governor is "forum shopping" in the dispute over whether the case belongs in federal or southern Illinois county court. -
Clay County judge grants restraining order, again, vs Pritzker's stay home order
Clay County Judge Michael McHaney has weighed in again on Gov. JB Pritzker's use of executive power during the COVID-19 crisis, granting another temporary restraining order against Pritzker, this time to a southern Illinois tanning salon owner. -
Justice Department: Bailey right in dispute vs Pritzker over emergency powers
Steven Weinhoeft, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, says Gov. JB Pritzker was wrong to try to take State Rep. Darren Bailey's lawsuit to federal court, and the governor's interpretation of state law concerning his emergency powers is wrong, as well. -
New lawsuit vs Pritzker in Clay County seeks statewide order blocking guv's COVID orders
An Iraq War veteran and business owner has filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers in the same court in which state Rep. Darren Bailey also sued the governor. -
Pritzker's Health Dept. retracts controversial emergency rule to criminalize business owners who reopen early
Public furor enveloped lawmakers over the new rule, which could have resulted in fines and jail time for business owners who opened 'nonessential' businesses earlier than Pritzker believed proper under his COVID rules. -
Naperville Park District sues Pritzker, says guv trampling local governments' abilities to meet communities' needs during pandemic
The suburban park district board says Pritzker has denied it the chance to modify its programs to balance the need to stop COVID-19, against the need to promote public health and combat other societal ills through community-based recreation. -
'Need a better way forward': Furor erupts over Pritzker emergency rule criminalizing business reopenings
Opposition demands state lawmakers block Gov. JB Pritzker's attempt to amend public health rules to deem business owners who reopen sooner than the governor would like with a Class A misdemeanor, subject to fines and potential jail time. -
'On dangerous ground': McHenry state's attorney blasts 'anemic rationalization' of Pritzker's use of emergency powers
McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally filed a brief in federal court, criticizing the state's attempt to defend policies that would allow the governor to rule 'unchecked' for years -
Suburban business owners say Pritzker shutdown orders are illegal property takings, state needs to pay
New federal lawsuit asserts Gov. JB Pritzker violated the U.S. and Illinois constitutions by requiring business owners to close, destroying their property without compensation. -
2001 memo: Illinois governors can't simply extend emergency powers beyond 30 days without legislators' OK
A 2001 memo indicates the longstanding position of the Illinois Attorney General's Office contradicts its recent court filings arguing Gov. JB Pritzker can rule by executive order for as long as COVID-19 is declared an emergency in Illinois. -
Lawsuits: Pritzker has no power to order businesses closed without due process, even during pandemic
Gov. JB Pritzker is facing challenges from two business owners, who assert he has no power to order businesses in Illinois to close as part of his actions against COVID-19. -
IL Supreme Court nixes Pritzker bid for order to end legal challenges to emergency powers
The Supreme Court's decision comes after Pritzker secured a win vs legal challenge in Cook County court -
State Rep. Bailey: IL Supreme Court should reject Pritzker's request for rule ending legal challenges to his COVID orders
Ill. State Rep. Darren Bailey has objected to Gov. JB Prtizker's attempt to use the Illinois Supreme Court to end his lawsuit and other challenges to the governor's claim to emergency powers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Springfield federal judge avoids question of whether Pritzker's stay home order is constitutional
Judge refused to let a pro-marijuana group skip signature rules to put a referendum on the ballot in Decatur, but did not address questions raised in Macon County Clerk's brief that Pritzker's COVID-19 powers may be illegal. -
Pritzker pushes Supreme Court for order authorizing his stay home order, other COVID-19 rules
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says the state's high court should ignore State Rep. Darren Bailey's attempt to "manipulate" the court, and issue an order explicitly stating the governor can exercise nearly open-ended emergency power during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
'Full steam ahead': Bailey says continuing legal action vs Pritzker COVID stay home order, emergency powers
Southern Illinois state lawmaker Darren Bailey has pledged to continue his legal pursuit of a court order ending Gov. JB Pritzker’s stay at home order, which Bailey and others have argued is illegal and unconstitutional. -
State rep seeks to vacate TRO against Pritzker; But says new info will strengthen case when he re-files
MT. VERNON - State Rep. Darren Bailey has asked the Fifth District Appellate Court to vacate a restraining order he won earlier this week against Gov. JB Pritzker over his stay-at-home order.