SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois legislator has filed a second legal challenge to the Illinois governor’s efforts to discourage transmission of the coronavirus, saying he wants a compromise on the statewide stay-at-home order.
Rep. John Cabello, a Machesney Park Republican, filed the lawsuit Wednesday. It follows a ruling Monday in a separate lawsuit that found Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s restrictions go too far. The Democratic governor derided that action as a “political stunt.”
Cabello says his lawsuit is an attempt to protect the livelihoods of fellow Illinoisans. The state attorney general asked the Supreme Court to overturn the earlier ruling.
