More local officials push back against latest Illinois governor closure orders

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More county and municipal leaders are saying they won’t enforce Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest round of COVID-19 restrictions.

Nearly all of the state’s population is now under the state’s ban on indoor dining and capacity limits. Compared to closure orders in the spring, many county officials, sheriffs, and other local leaders have announced the latest emergency orders were not theirs to enforce.

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