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

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

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

By dropping language from the House-passed bill, Senate Republicans have actually made this even worse by singling out ...

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 '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 ...

The Joint Economic Committee projects 163,674 people in Illinois would lose Affordable Health Care Act coverage and 335,000 would lose Medicaid with passage of the current President Trump-backed ...

Faith leaders in Bloomington-Normal came together Wednesday in Uptown Normal in protest and prayer, asking Congress to vote ...

Trump’s proposed “Big Beautiful Bill” could end funding for SNAP education programs and result in the loss of 230 University of Illinois positions.

In 2023, an average of 42.1 million people received monthly SNAP benefits. The USDA says that over 250,000 retailers across ...