Illinois chief executive 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.
The Democrat says he is worried about keeping kids healthy and in school rather than learning remotely after the 4th District Appellate Court ruling late last week.
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.