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State Week: Mask mandate set to end while debate over schools heats up

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

A judge's decision created confusion around COVID-19 mitigations in schools. Meanwhile, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced he will lift the state's indoor mask mandate at the end of the month in most locations, except schools, health care settings and congregate care facilities. All of this happening as COVID numbers continue to fall.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Statehouse Editor Hannah Meisel, Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Jerry Nowicki from Capitol News Illinois.

Hannah covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She's been dedicated to the statehouse beat since interning at NPR Illinois in 2014, with subsequent stops at WILL-AM/FM, Law360, Capitol Fax and The Daily Line before returning to NPR Illinois in 2020 and moving to CNI in 2023.
The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Jerry Nowicki is bureau chief of Capitol News Illinois and has been with the organization since its inception in 2019.
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