New legislation will reduce SNAP benefits for eligible Illinois residents and tighten eligibility requirements. An estimated ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is expected to sign Senate Bill 1563, or the Squatter Bill, into law. The bill addresses the ...

“No governor or lawmaker has ever lost at the polls following their action,” Carey said in a statement to POLITICO. “Governor Hochul has nothing to fear politically and everything to gain by signing ...

A bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts made it passed the first step in the legislative process this week–faster than it did last session.

Disability rights organizations and a Littleton woman filed suit over Colorado's medical aid-in-dying, or assisted suicide, law, arguing it discriminates against people with disabilities.

If N.Y. Gov. Hochul signs a Medical Aid in Dying Act into law, it will be seen not as a triumph of compassion, but as a failure of courage.

Assisted dying laws are extremely divisive and being considered and sworn into law in various countries across the globe.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will have a decision to make now that Medical Aid in Dying legislation has passed the state Senate. S.138 passed the state Senate by a 38-27 vote on Monday, largely along party lines ...

ALBANY — The New York state legislature has passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, a program supporters are calling “medical aid in dying.” ...

That means, for now, there’s no telling whether the Medical Aid in Dying Act will reach Hochul’s desk next week or the end of December.

ALBANY — The New York state legislature has passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide, a program supporters are calling “medical aid in dying.” On Monday evening, with just a few ...