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A combination of grocery store closures, transportation barriers and rising food prices have left nearly 33,000 people without access to nutritious food, says a local collaboration of food pantries, health departments and nonprofits.
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Families who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — or WIC — had trouble finding eligible items on store…
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A Peoria supportive living facility's federal lawsuit over SNAP benefits is driving most of the state's congressional delegation to ask for the funding's…
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The state of Illinois says federal food assistance money will be provided through the end of February during the government shutdown.The Illinois…
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State officials say food stamp benefits will be restored by this week for tens of thousands of Illinois households that lost them because of problems with…
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President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for FY 2018 would cost Illinois more than $5 billion dollars in the next five years.That’s because the spending…
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Illinois has taken steps to prevent 260,000 people from losing government food assistance. That gives the state a year to prepare these individuals for…
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The Department of Human Services is still attempting to collect money from overpayments made nearly 30 years ago from its Supplemental Nutrition…
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Activists are pushing for tougher laws on child sexual abuse in the wake of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's hush-money case that revealed he…
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Illinois prosecutors say they've charged several family members of a former Illinois Department of Human Services caseworker who has pleaded not guilty to…