The Trump administration remains adamant the plan for a federal funding freeze is still on despite legal challenges, causing ...

The Trump administration’s order freezing federal grants and loans is a wakeup call for researchers at Illinois’ largest universities, which benefit from hundreds of millions of dollars in federal ...

When the White House budget office released a memo this week that instructed all federal agencies to cease spending on any financial assistance programs pending internal review, the fate of the nation ...

A group of Democratic governors met with Sen. Chuck Schumer Wednesday night, urging him to get his caucus in line to push back against President Donald Trump’s actions and appointments, according to a ...

The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday advanced Russell Vought’s nomination as Office of Management and Budget director, ...

After the Trump administration offered two million federal employees buyouts on Tuesday, Elon Musk -- the world's richest man ...

Before the White House reversed course on President Donald Trump's executive order to pause widespread federal funding for grants, loans and other assistance programs, a coalition of nonprofit organi ...

The immediate threat by the Trump administration of cutting off federal funding seems to have passed, but the incident is affecting Gov. JB Pritzker's thinking on what promises to be a tight state ...

The budget recommends an overall 4% increase, which represents an increase of $108.8 million, in higher education funding, ...

Annual dues the Illinois Farm Bureau pays to the American Farm Bureau Federation will go up in the midst of ongoing ...

Backed by the powerful corn lobby, Marquis Energy’s push to bury carbon emissions underground has sparked a fierce debate in ...

Annual dues the Illinois Farm Bureau pays to the American Farm Bureau Federation will go up in the midst of ongoing ...