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Illinois Medicaid program faces looming funding crisis due to federal changes
Peter Hancock
A multibillion-dollar budget crisis will hit the state’s Medicaid program in the next few years unless state lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker act to prevent it.
Stephen F. Somerstein
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NPR News
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream ... about health care
Ifeanyi Nsofor
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Pedestrian dead after being hit by pickup along Washington Road
Ryan Denham
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  4. Illinois ‘Clean Slate’ law allows automatic sealing of nonviolent criminal records
  5. MLK Day observances include 'The People's March' in Peoria
  6. GOP candidates for governor blast sanctuary cities and SAFE-T Act in Central Illinois forum
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