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Nearly $1B in expected spending on health care for noncitizens adds to state budget pressures Nearly $1B in expected spending on health care for noncitizens adds to state budget pressures

Nearly $1B in expected spending on health care for noncitizens adds to state budget pressures

The state estimates an expansion of state-sponsored health care to individuals who are ineligible for Medicaid based on their citizenship status is expected to cost $990 million in the upcoming fiscal year, far outpacing the original price tag cited when the measures became law.

After-school programs at risk of closure after state board says it miscalculated federal funding After-school programs at risk of closure after state board says it miscalculated federal funding

After-school programs at risk of closure after state board says it miscalculated federal funding

Thousands of elementary and high school students throughout Illinois could lose access to after-school and summer programs in the upcoming fiscal year but advocates are hoping that either the General Assembly or the federal government can keep that from happening.

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