Food Stamps

Ahead of an estimated 150,000 Illinois households losing their federal food assistance on May 1, advocates rallied at the Capitol to call for state support at extending assistance to those who may lose their benefits.

A Bloomington teenager is in Washington, D.C., this week lobbying lawmakers to strengthen and expand nutrition assistance in the next farm bill.

Illinois is joining a multistate lawsuit over proposed Trump administration rules on food stamps that could cause hundreds of thousands of Americans to…