Illinois State House District 93 issued the following announcement on June 26.
There are 39 counties in the Central Region as defined by the Governor’s Restore Illinois plan, and according the Governor’s own metrics our region should have been in Phase 4 of his reopening plan weeks ago. Despite this, today we will finally enter Phase 4 along with the rest of the state. Equally frustrating, this step in the right direction comes on the heels of another blow for our region, the unilateral decision by the Governor to cancel the State Fair. I am tremendously disappointed the Governor took this action without any consultation from the legislature or local leaders in our region. Through state law, the General Assembly has mandated that Illinois shall have state fairs in Springfield and DuQuoin. This decision is yet another one in which the Governor has exceeded his authority during the pandemic and will be in violation of state law.
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