Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order in response to federal efforts to create a database for autism research.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal ...

Pritzker’s order responds to federal efforts under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create databases of personal ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order restricting state agencies from collecting and sharing autism-related data, in response to federal efforts to create a ...

The governor's office said the executive order is in response to rising concerns about efforts to create federal autism ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week prohibiting state agencies from sharing autism-related data outside the ...

The Illinois governor denounced the health secretary’s autism registry as creating “fear of surveillance or discrimination.” ...

Pritzker said the order was necessary in response to concerns about the creation of a federal autism registry or database without legal protections.