Illinois’ Medicaid portal was back up and running this afternoon following reports from state agencies that they could not access it amid a federal funding freeze that kickstarted confusion and ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55 billion budget with tax hikes on smoking and gambling, but left proposals on transit and a ...

The program covers nearly 3.5 million people in Illinois, or about a quarter of the state’s population. According to the ...

Raoul said the funding freeze would “have a devastating ... But the guidance was less clear about Medicaid, and, in Illinois, state agencies reported “issues with accessing federal funding ...

While the Medicaid system for ... taken effect at 4 p.m. Central Time. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul discusses President Donald Trump’s funding freeze on Tuesday.

White House sources said the Medicaid payment portal issues were unrelated to the federal funding freeze. However, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the White House was lying about what happened.

The funding freeze announced today is part ... Roughly a quarter of Illinois’ population is eligible for Medicaid coverage. And state agencies have started reporting issues with accessing ...

Illinois leaders are condemning the Trump administration's surprise freeze of federal ... out of accessing federal funding ...

Illinois Gov ... Trump’s pause on federal funding is illegal and accused the administration of lying when it said programs that provide direct assistance like Medicaid would not be affected.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul signed onto a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the funding ... impacted by the freeze, there is uncertainty over whether Medicaid will be.

Illinois leaders have accused ... funding approved by Congress. Beyond Medicaid and childcare programs, Raoul said the freeze could also impact funding for the following: The Internet Crimes ...