The federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, what most people know as welfare, is set to expire at the end of the month and will need to be renewed. In
the meantime, some anti-poverty advocates and welfare experts have
raised questions about what impact the program has had in
reducing poverty in Illinois and across the country and what can be done
to reform it. Progress Illinois takes a closer look at the issue.
Candidates seeking the office of state representative or state senator may be required to take a substance abuse test as a condition for filing nomination papers, thanks to legislation introduced by State Rep. Bill Mitchell (R-Forsyth).
Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney claimed
yesterday that a waiver issued by the Obama administration is a
devastating blow to the 1996 bipartisan welfare reform act. Romney is
wrong – about what the waiver says and how welfare reform policies are
carried out in Illinois and across the country.
Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney claimed
yesterday that a waiver issued by the Obama administration is a
devastating blow to the 1996 bipartisan welfare reform act. Romney is
wrong – about what the waiver says and how welfare reform policies are
carried out in Illinois and across the country.