The Teutopolis, IL Unit 50 School District confined five students in isolation in separate rooms for several hours for not wearing a mask as a way of protesting the school’s mask mandate. The Edgar County Watchdogs obtained a photo of one of the students…

Member of legislative oversight committee says court rulings show Illinois Board of Education can't revoke a public or private school's recognition status for failing to follow the governor's mask mandate.

Illinois' Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker on Monday updated a preexisting state law from the 1970s to allow penalties for workers who don't abide by COVID-19-related mandates on vaccines, masks and testing.

A Sangamon County judge has rejected a motion seeking to move forward in a class action lawsuit aiming to stop school districts from requiring masks.

An attorney at the center of a mask mandate case affecting Illinois schools said districts enforce the mandate 'at their own peril.'

What do you think of their decision?

One GOP representative said, “This does nothing to stop the spread of COVID in schools.”

The Illinois Department of Pubic Health is taking a more direct approach to remind individuals who are due for a COVID-19 vaccine or booster.

Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is warning parents that the Pritzker administration will force Illinois children to get the COVID-19 vaccine before school starts next fall.

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An Illinois group reported toxic pesticides are causing irreversible damage to young, developing bees, putting the bee population in decline and food crops at risk. Bees are pollinators, and scientists said without them, it would be impossible to grow many…