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Concerns local behavioral health providers have had about Medicaid cuts have eased, but the possibility of losing staff and ...
The GOP-backed bill could cut Medicaid by $723B over 10 years. Here's who’s affected and what it means for coverage.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...
Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.
Republicans have set an ambitious deadline of trying to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda through Congress by the ...
It’s a much more enjoyable experience if you go through life thinking you are in control of your destiny and you will get ...
A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...
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 ...
Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...
In today’s edition … The Senate takes up House Republicans’ mega-bill … Democrats are leaping on Sen. Joni Ernst’s Medicaid ...
Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state ...