Getting sick is hard enough — but the medical bills that follow can be just as painful. Which is why years ago, Cook County ...

Struggling with medical bills? Here's how to qualify for forgiveness (and what to do if you don't meet the criteria).

The three-year-old program has relieved the most debt for people on Chicago's South and West sides and in the south and west ...

A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando, 29, took out private loans to pay for college. Unlike federal student loans, private loans typically have higher interest rates ...

Advocates say there's more room for federal involvement when it comes to extreme heat, a weather pattern that kills hundreds ...

THE Philippines credit rating of “A-” with a “stable” outlook was affirmed by Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR) on the ...

Under the rules, 15% of Social Security benefits each month could be used to offset federal student loans that are in default. On the plus side, up to $750 of monthly Social Security benefits are ...

When most Americans remember President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address, they think of his warning of the power of the ...

Fusionism holds that virtue and liberty are mutually reinforcing, and that neither is possible in any lasting or meaningful ...

– $1.9bn for health, to tackle increasing demand and higher costs. Takes the government’s total health spend to $9bn over ...

The 2025-26 State Budget provides crucial funding for police, courts and corrections as well as housing, health and education. It includes measures to ...

Treasurer Stephen Mullighan gets tough on law and order in a fourth state budget sprinkled with cost-of-living relief and dominated by debt ballooning to $48.495bn by 2028-2029.