With COVID-19 cases on the rise, Illinois will launch a new $5 million ad campaign to once again try to convince people to wear masks in public. Gov. JB Pritzker also said that the administration is exploring a new rule that would give the state enforcement power of the mask mandate. The administration drafted a rule earlier this year that would have allowed a business to be charged with a misdemeanor if it reopened prematurely. Pritzker withdrew the proposed rule when it became clear that Republican lawmakers on an oversight panel opposed it...
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