Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson says lawmakers made too many short-term decisions that could make future fiscal years more challenging.

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 ...

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

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

Governor JB Pritzker visited Kumler Outreach Ministries Food Pantry in Springfield to meet with leadership and discuss the ...

Freshly departed government cost-cutting chief Elon Musk is railing against Republicans’ massive tax cut and spending bill as ...

The White House says the changes will only impact those “who shouldn’t have ... with states like Louisiana and Illinois facing up to a 15% cut in their federal Medicaid funding. Even traditionally ...

At least 4 in 10 Republicans are worried about the consequences of Medicaid cuts on their families and communities, according to a new survey. The KFF poll, released Friday, found a partisan ...

Major cuts to Medicaid funding could have rural communities across the country facing widespread hospital closures and ...

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

The majority of coverage losses under the bill would come from those who became eligible for Medicaid due to an expansion of ...