Category: State Budget

Pritzker signs $55.9 billion budget package

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 17, 2026 | Legislature, State Budget, Top Stories | 0

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a roughly $55.9 billion spending package on Tuesday, which included some new funding for healthcare and other projects.

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Legislative session focuses on supporting providers ahead of federal changes to healthcare

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 5, 2026 | Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, State Budget, Top Stories | 0

Ahead of major federally-mandated changes to Medicaid and other health programs, Illinois lawmakers took steps during the recently-concluded legislative session that they said will protect providers and patients.

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Lawmakers approve $55.9 billion budget package

by Ryan Voyles | Jun 1, 2026 | Legislature, State Budget, Top Stories | 0

Lawmakers signed off early Monday morning on a roughly $55.9 billion spending package.

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HFS preps roll out of rural health transformation dollars

by Ryan Voyles | May 11, 2026 | Rural Health, State Budget, Top Stories | 0

Funding opportunities are set to roll out for Illinois organizations to receive a slice of the roughly $193.4 million in federal funding for the rural health transformation program.

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Black, Latino caucuses warn colleagues against cuts to safety-net hospitals

by Ryan Voyles | May 5, 2026 | Hospitals, State Budget, Top Stories | 0

A coalition of lawmakers from the Illinois Black and Latino caucuses is warning colleagues against any budget proposals that reduce funding for safety-net hospitals.

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