The Republican budget bill the U.S. House approved last month includes a surprise for the 40 states that have expanded Medicaid: penalties for providing health care to some immigrants who are here ...

In this second installment of our series exploring the ways President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could impact people on the local level, The Commercial-News takes a deeper look at how ...

Leonardo Cuello, a Medicaid law and policy expert, called the proposed penalty “basically a gun to the head of the states.” ...

“I didn’t cry when I saw the results because it just looks like how I feel it should,” Max wrote in an email. He cried later, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — More than 150 bills moved through the General Assembly in the final week of the legislative session and ...

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

As Republicans move their big, beautiful bill through Congress, a group of faith leaders organized a protest to oppose it.

Democrats in control of the Illinois General Assembly flexed their supermajorities to muscle through a $55.2 billion state ...

Illinois lawmakers approved bills on medical shield laws, automatic college admissions, and foster care safety.

Illinois State Senators passed a $55 billion budget less than 2 hours after State Representatives sent it to them Saturday evening. The spending plan increased funding for ...

The act targets the health insurance middlemen that manage members' prescription drug benefits on behalf of the plans, ...

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