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Deal may be near on nursing home payment reform

— April 4, 2022

SPRINGFIELD – Officials at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services believe they made “significant progress” this week toward reaching agreement on a plan to overhaul…

Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this spring
— December 15, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the way nursing homes are paid through the state’s…
Agency seeks more funding for criminal justice initiatives
— April 1, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – A state agency related to criminal justice on Wednesday, March 31 requested a funding increase to implement new policies and programs meant to improve racial equity…
Aunt Martha’s awarded additional federal family planning dollars
— October 20, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — Aunt Martha’s Health & Wellness, the only Illinois organization currently participating in the federal family planning program, was awarded more than double its…
Expert: Permanent funding sources have to be created for infrastructure
— May 15, 2019

If Illinois is ever to get beyond just eking out a passing grade in infrastructure report cards, it needs to find a permanent funding source, according to experts. Federal officials…

Illinois EMA shares lessons learned from pandemic
— April 9, 2021

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was forced to adapt quickly to a new role when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit last year, and the agency’s director told a…
Congressional inaction could hamper state’s ongoing COVID-19 response
— December 10, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The head of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget office said this week that the state of Illinois is on track to spend all of the money it received through the federal CARES…
Effect of family planning funds refusal unclear for Illinois orgs
— August 24, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — It is unclear what effect the decision by Illinois’ three family planning organizations to decline millions of federal grant dollars will have on associated clinics…