Illinois taxpayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions in food subsidies if the state’s error rate isn't cleaned up ...

McLean County Unit District No. 5 Superintendent Dr. Kristen Weikle said students with SNAP benefits today automatically ...

New legislation will reduce SNAP benefits for eligible Illinois residents and tighten eligibility requirements. An estimated 360,000 Illinois residents are at risk of losing SNAP benefits, including ...

The 2008 Food and Nutrition Act allowed the secretary of Agriculture to grant waivers for states or counties with high unemployment rates. For years, all SNAP recipients in Illinois have been exempt ...

Food insecurity stretches into the suburbs and small towns across the state. John and Loretta Arient bear daily witness to rising food insecurity in their small Illinois community. The Arients named ...

For nearly 20 years, Maria would call her sister — a nurse in Mexico — for advice on how to manage her asthma and control her ...

“We want Illinoisians throughout our state to understand the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s cruelty and be ...

Won't be easy, but Illinois has a chance to mitigate SNAP cuts Gov. JB Pritzker frequently touts his administrative prowess, so this gives him a measurable opportunity to prove it.

States will soon have to pay millions of dollars more for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, under the GOP’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” that President Donald Trump signed into ...

The White House has called the sweeping tax and spending package dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill a win for workers, families and America's future, but some state lawmakers say the cuts will hurt ...

The act introduces major changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides monthly benefits to help low-income households buy groceries.