Senator Durbin meets Illinois rural health providers to discuss effects of Medicaid and ACA funding cuts on hospitals and health care access.

The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural health care — money that’s part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from ...

As rural communities in Illinois grapple with a shortage of pharmacies, a college in Rockford is working to try and fill the gap locally and nationwide. More than 70% of Illinois counties are ...

Sixty percent of rural Americans live in child care deserts — regions with too few licensed slots for children. In rural Illinois, that number rises to nearly 70%. Over the past decade, Illinois has ...

Chronically underfunded rural public transit systems are key lifelines are economic engines for rural communities.

Illinois has been awarded more than $193 million a year for five years to expand equitable access to healthcare and to eliminate barriers to care that many residents of rural communities face. The ...

Illinois is set to receive nearly $200 million from the Federal Rural Health Transformation Program. Hospitals and rural health advocacy groups are evaluating what this funding could mean for their ...

GENESEO, Ill. — A day before the Illinois General Assembly convenes for its Spring Session, Illinois State Sen. Li Arellano Jr. met with healthcare leaders in Geneseo to hear concerns about the future ...

One small-town bank in rural Illinois just showed how financial technology can help everyone, not just those who are quick to download the latest app. Ipava, Illinois, is a tiny rural town, home to ...

In the comedy “Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do in Aledo, Illinois,” estranged childhood friends reunite in middle age ...

The federal government is awarding Illinois $193 million next year to support rural healthcare — money that’s part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but not enough to make up for Medicaid cuts from ...