State Senator Jason Barickman released the following statement after the Governor Pritzker announced the partial lifting of the statewide mask mandate:

“Throughout the pandemic, Governor Pritzker has chosen a completely unilateral approach, with little to no transparency on the data he was basing decisions on. Today, he once again made a major decision with no input from the legislature, and it’s even more clear this time that it was based on politics more than science.”

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