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Illinois nursing homes seek Medicaid rate hike

By Peter Hancock
Apr 08, 2025 12:27 pm - Nursing home industry officials are urging Illinois lawmakers to increase the rates they receive from the state’s Medicaid system, arguing the current rates are outdated and are forcing many facilities around the state out of business.
Illinois governor moves to slash cover crop funds despite rising demand

By Jennifer Bamberg
Apr 05, 2025 5:22 pm - Six years ago, Illinois became the second state in the nation to offer subsidies to farmers for planting cover crops in the fall, an effort to reverse its status as one of the worst states for agriculture runoff. Demand for the Fall Cover for Spring Savings program — which offers a $5 per acre discount on the following year’s crop insurance premiums — has outpaced state funding every year since.
Raoul rules out bid for U.S. Senate

Apr 05, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois AG reveals he's not interested in running for Senate if Durbin retires - says he can do more to oppose Trump from his current office.
Pardoned by Trump, Rod Blagojevich has new job: Lobbying for Bosnian Serbs

By Aaron Schaffer, Beth Reinhard, Michael Birnbaum
Apr 05, 2025 4:00 am - Less than two months after President Donald Trump pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois who served prison time on corruption charges has be...
Pritzker hopes trade mission to Mexico sparks new investment despite tariffs

By Ben Szalinski
Apr 03, 2025 3:31 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City on Wednesday, hopeful a trade mission to Mexico will yield new economic development in Illinois, even as tariffs threaten the stability of the United States’ global trade.
Companies are ignoring your privacy demands. No one is stopping them.

By Shira Ovide
Apr 02, 2025 9:54 am - Companies aren’t trying very hard to give you control over your personal data. They may not even be complying with the law. That’s the conclusion from a Consumer Reports analysis released Tuesday.
Bipartisan effort seeks stricter measures to protect sexual assault victims in schools

By Athan Yanos
Mar 27, 2025 1:22 pm - A bill to help combat sexual violence and protect victims in Illinois schools was not assigned to a committee before the Senate committee deadline on March 21 — a necessary step in becoming a law. But its Senate sponsor has filed a letter requesting an extension on the bill past the deadline this session.
Illinois’ current sales tax system does not reflect a modern economy

By Frank Manzo IV
Mar 26, 2025 9:23 am - Tax policy is a deeply misunderstood topic. In general, most people believe that “conservative” states levy fewer taxes than states with more “left-leaning” leadership.
‘How is this going to work?’: Transit reform advocates far apart on major issues

By Marni Pyke
Mar 25, 2025 8:16 pm - State lawmakers grilled proponents Tuesday about reform bills seeking to fix the transit funding crisis.
Taxes on haircuts and miles instead of gas? Amid transit crisis, new funding ideas spring up

By Marni Pyke
Mar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - The state could study instituting a mileage-based tax compared to the current one based on gallons of gas, under a proposal in the Illinois General Assembly.

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