Gov. J.B. Pritzker also announced an indoor mask mandate statewide for anyone over the age of 2, starting Monday. Last year, the governor’s first mask emergency rule was repealed after the 12-member bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules said it was too harsh. But, the panel allowed a follow-up rule to stand that required businesses to enforce the mandate. After multiple extensions, that rule expired earlier this year. J-CAR could take up the issue of the statewide mandate, and the schools mandate, at its next meeting Sept. 14.

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