Human services in Illinois were decimated by the state’s two-year budget impasse, which began a decade ago. Federal cuts threaten to upend their recovery. The post 10 years after state budget impasse, human services in Illinois again brace for ‘tsunami’ by Casey Toner appeared first on Capitol News Illinois - A service of the Illinois Press Foundation| Capitol News Illinois
Unyielding is a University of Missouri School of Journalism project for Investigate Midwest. Over the hum of blow dryers and the flurry of hairdressing shears, Bobbi Bibbs welcomed clients into Studio 119, a salon in the heart of downtown Kennett, for 19 years. As someone who worked “behind the chair,” all of her trims, dyes and […] The post A cancer fight in rural Missouri: ‘Being from a small town right now is saving my life.’ appeared first on Investigate Midwest.| Investigate Midwest