The 'big beautiful bill' reduces Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding and changes who is eligible for the ...

Food banks across Central Illinois are concerned with the uptick in the people they’re serving and they’re worried it could ...

Illinois lawmakers are clashing over the potential impact of the reconciliation bill on communities that rely on Medicaid and ...

In Illinois, 1.9 million residents receive SNAP benefits, including more than 891,000 people in Cook County. Approximately ...

There are many barriers Illinois residents face in making healthy choices. For over 30 years, University of Illinois ...

Community group leaders say they will be left to “pick up the pieces” as President Donald Trump’s bill, which passed Friday, ...

Chefs, food equality advocates and nonprofit leaders rally against Trump's megabill that would slash SNAP funding for the ...

President Trump’s policy bill makes significant cuts to the food aid program, once known as food stamps, used by about 42 ...

The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...

The massive tax break and spending cuts bill currently working through Congress contains provisions that would be “catastrophic” to food assistance programs, says the Greater Chicago Food Depository, ...