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                        A group of social service providers that sued the state over lack of payment are pushing forward with their case. But the coalition has shrunk. The Pay…
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                        Social service providers working without state payments for nearly a year are accelerating a lawsuit against the state by seeking immediate payments and…
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                        Illinois legislators today approved stopgap funding for human services. After ten months without state funding, after-school programs, local health…