State lawmakers built Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget for 2026 on gimmicks, one-time fixes and piecemeal tax hikes.

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

A Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted May 16-18 found that 47% of Americans approve of Trump's immigration policies and 45% ...

With only hours remaining before their midnight deadline, Democratic state lawmakers on Saturday still were finalizing various components of a more than $55 billion budget balanced with a combination ...

Thursday, House Republicans passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" — a bill more than 1,000 pages long that would cut nearly $800 billion in funding from Medicaid and add a slew of new ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Advocates worry that proposed cuts to Medicaid could lead to a reduced quality of care at nursing homes in Illinois ... worry less funding will lead to ...

A KFF report earlier this month showed Illinois received $21.1 billion in annual federal Medicaid funding out of $606.3 billion in total federal Medicaid funding, or 3.5%. The CBO also estimates ...

In addition to cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid ... funding for states that use their state dollars to offer health care coverage to undocumented immigrants, such as Illinois ...

The U.S. House narrowly approved a bill that could cut over $3.6 billion in federal Medicaid funding from New Jersey and impact the healthcare coverage of over 300,000 residents. The bill includes ...

Transgender people of all ages would no longer receive gender transition care through Medicaid under a late addition to the massive tax and immigration legislation the House passed this week.

If the bill passes the Senate, Ferguson said Washington state “stands to lose” around $2 billion in Medicaid funding over the next four years. “Medicaid is a lifeline to affordable ...