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 ...

Cuts to education funding and other programs, as well as attempts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, could have a devastating impact on school children, especially those in poorer urban or ...

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 ...

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

The AHA’s analysis reflects the incremental economic impacts of Medicaid cuts across the entire program in each state, ...

Trump’s budget will actively harm the health and incomes of rural communities and Republican voters, well beyond those who ...

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

The budget reconciliation bill is a double whammy for older adults and disabled people, leading to both direct losses of ...