The GOP-backed bill could cut Medicaid by $723B over 10 years. Here's who’s affected and what it means for coverage.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois’ latest budget misses the mark in several key areas, according to one independent nonprofit ...

Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.

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 ...

Republicans have set an ambitious deadline of trying to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda through Congress by the ...

A new $55.2 billion state budget may be more significant for what is not in it than what is. Namely, an agreement on how to pay for the more than $770 million dollar shortfall the Regional Transit ...

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

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, passed a proposed budget that would slash funding for programs millions of Americans rely on: Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable ...

The tax cuts in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would likely gouge a hole in the federal budget. The ...

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