Author: Tim Stumm

Pritzker announces grant program for food-desert grocery stores

Gov. JB Pritzker announced a new round of grants for grocery stores that open in food deserts. The program is part of a $20 million initiative Pritzker signed into law in August aimed at addressing food deserts and curbing grocery store closures.

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Free and charitable clinics push for more funding

Free and charitable clinics in Illinois are pressing lawmakers to allocate $9 million in state funding next year, which they say will help keep up with an increased demand in services driven by the return of Medicaid redeterminations and the influx of migrants to the state.

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Illinois hospitals condemn report finding they provide $1.5 billion less in benefits than tax breaks

Hospitals are condemning a recent report that found 86 percent of the 109 Illinois nonprofit hospitals included in its analysis spent less on financial assistance and community investment than the estimated value of their tax breaks.

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Report: Pediatric mental health emergencies, wait times rose during COVID-19 pandemic

More children with severe mental health conditions came to pediatric emergency departments and required psychiatric admission during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

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