An Illinois appellate court is dismissing Governor Pritzker's appeal of a temporary restraining order blocking his mask mandate in schools. The three-judge panel released the decision late last night, noting that the state's department of public health had renewed the emergency COVID rules earlier this week, but a legislative committee then suspended that renewal. As a result, the rules expired, which renders Pritzker's appeal moot. The dismissal comes after a Sangamon County judge issued the temporary restraining order earlier this month in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of parents from across the state over the school masking requirement.

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