Category: Legislature

A group of state lawmakers is hoping to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers to a year after they give birth to help reverse a rise in the death rate among pregnant Illinois women. Read More

Illinois could soon become the eighth state to move its smoking age to 21. Read More

A bill to raise the smoking age in Illinois to 21 easily passed the House Tuesday afternoon. Read More

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an omnibus healthcare bill Friday passed during last fall’s veto session that, among other things, makes a $55 million adjustment to outpatient rates for critical access hospitals. Read More