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Intellectual and developmental disability services brace for potential Medicaid cuts

Effingham Daily News 04 Apr 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Intellectual and developmental disability service organizations are bracing for potential cuts to Medicaid and Medicare from the federal government under congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump ... .
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Students, women in trades advocate for more career, technical education in Illinois

The Pantagraph 01 Apr 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Argo Community High School sophomore Luciana Deir wants to go into construction after she graduates. Her classmate, Angelica Turza, wants to work in advertising and graphic design ... .
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Bipartisan effort Bipartisan effort seeks stricter measures to protect sexual assault victims in schools

The Southern Illinoisan 30 Mar 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Even after the family of a victim of sexual assault from Taylorville obtained an emergency order of protection, the school still allowed the young girl’s assailant to attend the same school and merely moved him to a different ... .
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Intellectual and developmental disability services in Illinois brace for potential Medicaid cuts

The Indiana Times 29 Mar 2025
About 3.9 million Illinoisans are enrolled in Medicaid. Of that total, 44% of Medicaid recipients are children, 9% are seniors and 7% are adults with disabilities ... .
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Bipartisan effort seeks stricter measures to protect sexual assault victims in schools

Effingham Daily News 27 Mar 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Even after the family of a victim of sexual assault from Taylorville obtained an emergency order of protection, the school still allowed the young girl’s assailant to attend the same school and merely moved him to a different ... .
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Bipartisan effort seeks stricter measures to protect sexual assault victims in Illinois schools

Herald & Review - Decatur 27 Mar 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Even after the family of a victim of sexual assault from Taylorville obtained an emergency order of protection, the school still allowed the young girl’s assailant to attend the same school and merely moved him to a different ... .
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New report finds project labor agreements lower costs, boost competition in Illinois

Quad-City Times 24 Mar 2025
An economist concluded that PLAs in Illinois “promote efficiency for taxpayers,” including faster completion of projects ... .
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Proposal stalls to strengthen law mandating luggage, not trash bags, for foster kids

Herald & Review - Decatur 20 Mar 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Four years ago, the General Assembly unanimously approved a law aimed at ending a routine indignity faced by foster children who, lacking luggage of their own, sometimes moved from home to home with their belongings in a trash ... .
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Proposal stalls to strengthen law mandating foster kids move placements with luggage, not trash bags

Effingham Daily News 20 Mar 2025
SPRINGFIELD — Four years ago, the General Assembly unanimously approved a law aimed at ending a routine indignity faced by foster children who, lacking luggage of their own, sometimes moved from home to home with their belongings in a trash ... .
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