Pritzker to take school mask fight to Illinois high court

By JOHN O’CONNOR
Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor plans to ask the state Supreme Court to review a ruling that invalidated his orders for face masks in public schools and other coronavirus protections. A spokeswoman for Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that the Democrat is worried about keeping kids healthy and in school rather than learning remotely after a 4th District Appellate Court ruling late Thursday. The court did not offer an opinion on the legality of Pritzker’s emergency school-mask order. It called the question moot because a bipartisan legislative oversight committee blocked its re-implementation this week. A spokesman says Pritzker is working with Illinois’ attorney general on an “expedited review” by the high court.