Since the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended on Nov. 12, the Illinois Department of Human Services said in a ...

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois will again receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits starting Friday.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson granted an emergency appeal by the Trump administration late Friday, pausing a ruling requiring that SNAP food benefits be fully ...

Amid the government shutdown, Labor Department data shows that an additional 10,000 federal workers are on unemployment benefits this week. A Republican senator has a new idea to end the shutdown.

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Illinois residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits could receive partial payments as soon as Friday - but some might have to wait nearly two weeks amid continued ...

People who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in Illinois will wait days and possibly more than a week to receive their reduced federal payments amid the government shutdown, ...

Illinois State University psychology professor Dan Lannin trains future mental health professionals. In a time where the number of mental health professionals is going down and patient demand is going ...

SNAP beneficiaries in Illinois will still have to wait "days or weeks" to receive their money, according to a state agency. That's despite the Trump administration saying it would partially fund the ...

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...