Pritzker warns local leaders, businesses not to reopen without his approval

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker doubled down Wednesday on threats of withholding federal funds from counties that open before his stay-at-home order expires or before allowed under his reopening plan.

So far, Madison, Adams and Woodford County businesses have opened with more likely to follow. Other local governments have asked the governor to reconsider the regions in his reopening plan and the metrics used to determine when those regions can reopen.

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