A central Illinois Republican lawmaker is offering up his thoughts on last week's decision by a Sangamon County Judge to issue a temporary restraining order agains the mask mandate on Illinois school children.

Rep. Dan Caulkins says despite the length of time it took to get to the decision, he says the decisions of healthcare for kids has been restored to where it should be - with the families.

According to Rep. Caulkins, Illinoisans are fortunate they have access to information that is readily available to stand up and challenge the mandates. He points out every time there is pushback though, the goalposts move.

The Decatur Republican believes the mandates and other mitigation efforts have resulted in massive amounts of learning loss for Illinois students and kids are falling farther behind than they already were.

As the campaign season nears, Rep. Caulkins believes Gov. JB Pritzker is going to be spinning COVID narratives to look like Illinois has handled the pandemic as well as anyone.