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 ...

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

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

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” offers tax cuts to the wealthiest at the expense of low-income children’s health and education.

A deficit of $5 million over 10 years is a serious blow to a mid-major college athletic program such as Illinois State. ISU ...

The Trump administration barred undocumented immigrants from Head Start and other federal benefit programs — a move ...

My favorite interview last week was 90-year-old Illinois farmboy John “Jack” Block. Block was former President Ronald ...

The plan is the latest step by the Trump administration to gather sensitive information about people living in the U.S. as it ...

My favorite interview last week was 90- year-old Illinois farmboy John "Jack" Block. While secretary, Block's son and father operated Block Family Farms and he said he saw the farm's equity plunge by ...

Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are challenging a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from Head Start.