Health

Chronic understaffing at DCFS and an unimplemented state law are leaving some childcare centers short-staffed.

Court strikes down Trump administration ban on noncitizens accessing publicly funded benefits.

Southern Illinois union and political leaders have now filed two lawsuits against Illinois and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration in their...

Immigration officers will have broader authority to deny green cards to those who have legally been using public aid.

Illinois’ “medical aid in dying” law will go into effect as scheduled Saturday after a judge sided against disability rights...

Disability rights advocates are asking a federal judge to block the law, alleging it discriminates against disabled people.

Experts say Illinois’ existing program has roadblocks that prevent compulsive gamblers from seeking help.

Federal changes in Medicaid financing will threaten Illinois hospitals.

Gov. JB Pritzker called Trump’s vaccine guidelines a “thoughtless piece of paper.”

The downsizing is part of a three-year plan announced by the Department of Human Services.