Too many people can't afford the high out-of-pocket costs for mental health care. A proposal in the Legislature aims to fix that, two lawmakers with backgrounds in social work write.

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

The latest report from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget projected Illinois is facing a $3.2 billion deficit in ...

Bills advance to make Medicaid enrollment easier for seniors, children and adults with disabilities. Opponents flag potential costs to taxpayers as cause for concern.

Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program during the last fiscal year, HFS says. The feds paid out $7.34 billion because, as noted above, they pick up 90% of the total tab, ...

Trading options requires answering these questions: Which direction will a stock move, how far will it go and when will it happen? Here are 4 steps to get started. Many, or all, of the products ...

Any taxpayer can create a free ID.me account to see what forms they should expect to receive this year, since anyone issuing a W-2 or 1099 will also issue a copy to the IRS. Employees receive a W-2, ...

[11] Georgia, one of ten states that has not adopted the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion, is the latest state to apply Medicaid work requirements. Unlike other states that added work ...

A White House memo froze federal funding, causing chaos. A judge blocked the freeze, but states fear cuts. Illinois vows ...

Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence had a particularly controversial trip to the Middle East that members of ...

A federal judge temporarily halted President Donald Trump's move to freeze all federal grants pending an analysis to root out ...

On Tuesday, the president announced that he’d be giving federal workers a choice: return to the office full-time or quit with ...