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

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

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses to speak to reporters as he enters the chamber to prepare for final passage of President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, ...

From October 2022 to December 2024, scammers stole nearly $21 million in SNAP benefits from more than 38,000 households across Illinois through almost 124,000 fraudulent transactions.

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

Illinois taxpayers could benefit from $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. But the state's poorest residents could bear the brunt of $1 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

Activists protesting changes to Medicaid and SNAP benefits contained in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” ...