Budget - SB 2510 (Welch/Sims) created the fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget appropriation bill. The budget is based on ...

Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President ...

Access to obstetric care declined across the US, especially in rural areas, with more than 7 states seeing more than 25% of hospitals lose obstetric services from 2010 to 2022.

An analysis by researchers at the University of North Carolina found that more than 300 rural hospitals in the U.S. are now ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) is warning that the reconciliation bill will devastate rural communities in Illinois, while ...

According to the nonpartisan health policy research organization KFF, federal Medicaid spending in Illinois is expected to be ...

Nine rural hospitals in Illinois are defined as "at-risk", according to a reputable center for health services research. Here ...

To earn voter trust, Illinois leaders must tackle the affordability crisis with bold ideas — from public groceries to broader ...

We identified obstetric service status for every rural and urban short-term acute care hospital in every US state. During 2010–22, seven states had at least 25 percent of hospitals close their ...

"We often say Illinois’ greatest natural asset is its soil. That’s not just rhetoric — it’s reality. Our soil feeds families, ...