emergency powers

After two years, it's time to limit Pritzker's emergency powers

March 14, 2022 | By JOE TABOR, Illinois Policy

March 12 marks the two-year anniversary of Gov. JB Pritzker’s first executive order citing emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pritzker has since issued 112 orders and declared a statewide disaster 27 times to extend those powers. Pritzker has been allowed to enact various policies without any input from the legislature. Those policies have included limiting…