Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Search results for keyword: Health care found in 150 News.

politics
  • by david hall
Illinois House ekes out $53.1 billion budget, hits state with more than $700 million in tax hikes

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office optimistically put out a statement to celebrate the budget’s spending measure after it cleared the Illinois House. But the revenue measure was trickier.

Politics
  • by david hall
Sterilization, Murders, Suicides: Bans Haven’t Slowed Abortions, and They’re Costing Lives

Abortion bans haven’t stopped abortions, but pregnant people are dying. Is this what the “pro-life” movement wanted?

springfield
  • by david hall
As Pritzker, Dems hash out state budget, lawmakers tackle health care, abortion protections and digital IDs

Topping Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s legislative agenda for the spring session was a health insurance reform package targeting so-called “junk plans” and step therapy.

democracy
  • by david hall
How 'transformational advocacy' helped 3 Chicago-area residents find purpose, not fractured politics

Whether they're lobbying Congress on climate change or fighting poverty, they learned how to use their voices for positive change, the author of "Reclaiming Our Democracy" writes.