10 years after state budget impasse, human services in Illinois again brace for ‘tsunami’
Human services in Illinois were decimated by the state’s two-year budget impasse, which began a decade ago. Federal cuts threaten...
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Molly joined Capitol News Illinois in July 2023. Most recently, she worked as a reporter for Lee Enterprises, on its Midwest Public Service Journalism team and for The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale. In that role, Molly exposed poor living conditions and mismanagement of a housing authority in Cairo, Illinois, that resulted in a federal takeover and the relocation of about 400 people. In 2022, Molly and Capitol News Illinois Reporter Beth Hundsdorfer won the domestic print award in the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights journalism contest for a series of stories exposing patient abuse inside a state-run developmental center. Molly is also an assistant professor of journalism at Southern Illinois University and a distinguished fellow with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network.
Human services in Illinois were decimated by the state’s two-year budget impasse, which began a decade ago. Federal cuts threaten...
In response to uproar over a Proud Boys message displayed on a billboard near Central Community High School, the United...
A Proud Boys billboard near Breese in southern Illinois was removed Tuesday following community opposition.
Local officials in Clinton County say there is nothing they can do about a billboard promoting the Proud Boys.
The Homeschool Act’s future is uncertain as it draws fierce opposition from homeschool families and advocates, a police investigation into...
The federal government has revoked the visas of some international students studying at universities across Illinois, but the number of...
Schools like SIU, located in a region that overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump, may not be the primary targets...
An Illinois House committee advanced legislation to regulate homeschooling in Illinois as thousands gathered at the Capitol to protest.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Illinois' treatment of people with disabilities, focusing on state-run institutions like Choate.
Legislation would require families to notify local schools if they homeschool their children.
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