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

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

Democrat Pritzker, who has been one of the more vocal critics of Trump’s second administration, signed the order last week, ...

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

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

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

The order is in response to recent maneuvers by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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