SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois governor will allow small, safe worship services in a modified extension of his stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. The change, which took effect Friday, permits people “to engage in the free exercise of religion.” A small, evangelical church in northern Illinois, which filed a federal lawsuit, is taking credit. Also Friday, a Republican state representative who won a temporary restraining order barring Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home decree has asked a state appellate court to withdraw the order so that he may file a new complaint using additional information.
