Illinois' economy will underperform the Midwest and the U.S. over the next year, due largely to the effects of federal policies, according to an economic forecast.

Read what candidates in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate think about the top issues of the day.

Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch February 3, 2026 Click here to read highlights from the story Federal ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services agreed last spring to give ICE officials direct access to a Medicaid database.

()—In Florida, a state with more elderly people than any other, state government officials lag their peers in deterring fraud in a popular taxpayer-financed program for the elderly ...

Gov. JB Pritzker's new budget report is likely to send a message that the state doesn’t have room for new spending programs in the upcoming fiscal year.