In Illinois, 205,000 people could lose SNAP benefits, and local pantries don't have the funding to fill the gap. “We are ...

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 ...

Senate debate exposes GOP rifts as analysis projects disability providers and rural hospitals face potential closures.

Illinois school districts were already preparing for tighter budgets. Now the Trump administration is withholding almost $7 ...

US states are sounding the alarm over the billions in revenue they stand to lose under the Trump administration’s broadscale ...

J.B. Pritzker wants a third term as Illinois governor, but based on his history of boosting taxes and creating spending ...

Trump effect hits Illinois budget. By SHIA KAPOS . 05/28/2025 08:10 AM EDT. ... high-impact solutions” to a structural budget gap of $1.12 billion,” by the Sun-Times’ Fran Spielman. ...

The White House is proposing to eliminate Legal Services Corporation, the country’s largest funder of civil legal aid. If ...

During city budget hearings on Wednesday, Matthew Schmitz, deputy budget director, said that during Trump’s first term, ... 2024, about how Donald Trump's victory could impact Illinois.

The Illinois Secretary of State's office is awarding nearly $20 million in grant funding to libraries across the state, ...

Illinois Democrats were shut out of power early in Trump’s first term but the impact wasn’t as harmful to Illinois residents — who were ... Office of Management and Budget under Trump. ...