Pritzker closes schools for rest of academic year as officials confirm 1,842 new known cases

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is expected to order that the state’s schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year due to the coronavirus crisis, sources told the Tribune.

Shutting down the state’s schools was one of the first major moves by Pritzker to address COVID-19 before issuing a statewide stay-at-home order.

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