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 ...

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 ...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed an executive order regarding Medicaid costs for Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, or ABA therapy.

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

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 ...

Illinois law requires the state to withdraw from the expansion program if federal reimbursement falls below 90%. Some 770,000 ...

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

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 ...

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

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker unveiled his 2026 budget proposal at the annual State of the State budget address on Wednesday.