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The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the primary administrator of the state’s Medicaid program. (Capitol News Illinois file photo)
IL State News
5 months ago
Illinois Medicaid program faces looming funding crisis due to federal changes

New federal law will restrict a key revenue stream used to pay state’s share of Medicaid costs.

: An excerpt of the lawsuit filed by five states against the federal government for its plan to freeze $10 billion in funding that helps to ensure access to child care. (Illustration by Capitol News Illinois, highlight added)
IL State News
5 months ago
States say paperwork tied to $10B funding freeze is an intentionally ‘impossible task’

Letters sent to the state cite unspecific claims of fraud and demand large amounts of documents to justify receiving benefits.

Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin, parents of a Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speak at the Democratic National Convention.
National
5 months ago
Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s memoir recounts her journey after her son’s abduction by Hamas

“I sat down to write my pain, and out poured loss, suffering, love, mourning, devotion, grief, adoration and fracturedness,” Goldberg-Polin, a Chicago-born educator who now lives in Jerusalem, said in a statement.

Protesters confront federal immigration officers outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
National
5 months ago
Proposals on immigration enforcement flood into state legislatures, heightened by Minnesota action

Minnesota and Illinois, joined by their largest cities, sued the Trump administration this week.

This image taken from video shows Michael David McKee walking into the courtroom on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Rockford, Ill. (WIFR News/Pool Photo via AP)
Crime
5 months ago
Ex-husband indicted by grand jury in slaying of couple found in their Ohio home

Authorities apprehended McKee in Rockford, Illinois, last weekend.

New Chicago Cubs infielder Alex Bregman, left, shakes hands with Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer at a news conference in Chicago, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Sports
5 months ago
Alex Bregman looking to win a World Series with the Chicago Cubs

“I wore No. 3 because I wanted a third championship,” Bregman said.

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson watches during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Huh)
Sports
5 months ago
Rams collide with resurgent Bears in divisional round matchup featuring high-powered offenses

Lake Forest, IL (AP) – Ben Johnson spent plenty of time studying Sean McVay’s […]

Suicide prevention
Health & Wellness
5 months ago
Critical Illinois mental health programs spared after federal funding scare

Suicide prevention”We knew that the impact would be widespread and devastating. If these cuts were to go through. without this funding, these programs really couldn’t continue,” said Angela Cummings, executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.  

Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson celebrates with Rome Odunze after an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Green Bay Packers Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Huh)
Sports
5 months ago
Bears coach Ben Johnson offers no apologies for profane postgame speech

Coach Ben Johnson made his feelings clear. He repeatedly yelled a profanity directed at the Packers to start his postgame pep talk.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
National
5 months ago
Trump threatens to halt federal money next month not only to sanctuary cities but also their states

Two previous efforts by Trump to cut off some funding for sanctuary jurisdictions were shut down by courts.

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