State lawmakers sent Gov. JB Pritzker a $55.2 billion budget on May 31 that raises $1 billion in new revenue and increases ...

Ashok Selvam is the regional editor for Eater Midwest and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities.

Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal year late ...

The GOP-backed bill could cut Medicaid by $723B over 10 years. Here's who’s affected and what it means for coverage.

In this second installment of our series exploring the ways President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could impact people on the local level, The Commercial-News takes a deeper look at how ...

The AHA’s analysis reflects the incremental economic impacts of Medicaid cuts across the entire program in each state, ...

That’s a drop in the bucket, however, compared to other states. California, for example, has a $12 billion gap (3.72 percent ...

In the wake of the proposed $700 billion Medicaid cuts in the House Republicans’ "One Big Beautiful Bill," advocates and experts are assessing the ...

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Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.