Never mind that President Joe Biden declared “the pandemic is over” during a 60 Minutes interview Sunday night. In Illinois, it’s apparently still a “disaster” that warrants a declaration covering the entire state – all 102 counties.
Gov. Pritzker issued his 34th Disaster Proclamation on September 16, 2022, marking more than 900 days of Illinoisans living under emergency rules. The governor has retained the use of Emergency Powers for more than two-thirds of his time in office.
It’s another reminder of just how extreme Pritzker’s Covid policies have been relative to the rest of the country. The disaster declaration continues to give the governor power to rule without checks and balances from the legislature.
If you think that’s too harsh an assessment, you should know that all of Illinois’ neighbors ended their emergency orders months ago (Wisconsin, 1.5 years ago, and Michigan, nearly two years ago).
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