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Human services advocates worry about funding amid Pritzker’s budget, federal cuts

By George Alexandrakis
Feb 21, 2026 2:27 pm - Lobbyists representing a coalition of health and human service organizations across Illinois packed a room Wednesday in the Illinois State Library to watch Gov. JB Pritzker’s annual budget address and came away concerned.
Pritzker’s proposed $56 billion budget calls for social media tax

By Ben Szalinski
Feb 18, 2026 6:28 pm - As Illinois awaits court decisions about federal funding cuts and braces for even further cuts amid rising costs, Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing limited new spending — and yearning for “normal problems.”
Pritzker to present budget as Illinois faces federal funding uncertainty

By Ben Szalinski
Feb 16, 2026 3:11 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker will stand in front of the General Assembly on Wednesday in a familiar position: confronting tremendous uncertainty over the state’s financial future.
Teen daughter of a Chicago man detained in an immigration case dies from a rare cancer

Feb 15, 2026 3:59 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago teen who spoke out for her father's release after he was detained last fall by immigration officials in a deportation case has died after battlin...
Illinois sees ‘unprecedented’ budget pressure from Trump cuts

Shruti Date Singh
Feb 06, 2026 3:38 pm - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s budget office is warning that the state is facing higher costs and more uncertainty as President Donald Trump’s administration threatens t...
Underwood introduces bills to expand ways Illinois farmers can sell directly to consumers

By Kelsey Rettke
Feb 02, 2026 11:39 am - U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood has introduced legislation that, if passed, could make it easier for local farmers to sell their products directly to consumers.
A former Illinois deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Jan 29, 2026 11:08 am - A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home.
Illinois faces federal defunding for state law requiring abortion referrals

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Jan 22, 2026 4:07 pm - The Trump administration is threatening to strip Illinois of federal health dollars over a state law requiring medical providers to refer patients for abortion services, even if the providers oppose abortion.
Supreme Court allows Illinois congressman to challenge mail-in balloting

By Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley
Jan 14, 2026 3:25 pm - The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed an Illinois congressman and others to pursue a lawsuit challenging the state’s practice of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, the first of two possible rulings on the voting practice that President Donald Trump and his allies have claimed without evidence is riddled with fraud.
Trump administration says it’s withholding social safety net money from Illinois, 4 other states over fraud concerns

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MORIAH BALINGIT
Jan 06, 2026 9:10 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it is withholding funding for programs that support needy families with children in five Democratic-led states — including Illinois — over concerns about fraud.

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