To qualify for unemployment insurance in Illinois, you must be involuntarily out of work entirely or working less than full time because it's not available. You also must have earned at least $1,600 ...

In a bid to support its most vulnerable residents, Illinois has launched a financial assistance program providing a one-time ...

Thousands of Illinois taxpayers may be owed tax refunds on unclaimed returns, but a key deadline will soon pass, the IRS says.

At the heart of the issue is adjunctive eligibility, a streamlined process that allows families to qualify for WIC if they are already enrolled in other income-tested programs like Medicaid or SNAP.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) celebrates today’s passage of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act (H.B. 2627) in the ...

A bill to redraw the Indiana-Illinois border received initial approval Monday in an Indiana House committee, but the discussion opened up a Pandora’s box, with some of its Illinois supporters ...

A measure aimed at allowing Indiana to absorb 33 counties in Illinois that have voted in recent years to leave the state has cleared its first legislative hurdle, but the effort faces a major ...

Some departments in Illinois have missed out on $1.88 billion in federal funds since late January, when that office directed federal agencies to "temporarily pause" certain financial assistance.

(CNN) — House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 and preventing a shutdown after Friday. The chamber’s GOP ...

The IRS estimates that over $1 billion in unclaimed tax return refunds are owed to over 1.1 million people, with an average ...

Scott Applewhite/AP Michael Madigan, the longest-serving state House speaker in Illinois history, was found guilty Wednesday on 10 counts of federal corruption, including bribery. The jury said ...

The Trump administration has undercut public health programs in West Virginia by blocking employees in the federal agencies supporting them from their work, according to sources familiar with the ...