Illinois congressional leaders and advocates argue the country needs a federal budget that prioritizes people over profits.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's pushback on proposed federal budget cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs. Sen. Dick Durbin ...

In an article published in The Courier-News last week, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain claimed that the Pretrial Fairness Act is responsible for Kane County’s rising jail population and more arrest ...

Members of Illinois’ Democratic delegation in Congress gathered Monday to rail against Trump administration cuts to the ...

Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Illinois’ Medicaid portal was back up and running this afternoon following reports from state agencies that they could not access it ...

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker proposed an approximately $55 billion budget for 2026 that sees higher revenue for the state ...

As Congress continues to threaten deep cuts to the Medicaid program, a new KFF report shows how some of the proposed changes ...

But, congressional Republicans have singled out Medicaid as a program that could be cut to provide savings. Concerns about federal spending cuts brought together members of the Illinois Democratic ...