U.S. states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. If patients can’t find free or low-cost outpatient ...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will call for cuts to escalating pension and Medicaid costs in his budget address on Wednesday to stop the two programs from devouring more of the cash-strapped state's general funds budget, top officials in his office said on ...

GAME NOTES: The Drake Bulldogs return home Wednesday with a chance to get over .500 in the Missouri Valley Conference as league foe Southern Illinois comes to town for a tussle at the Knapp Center. Drake stepped out of conference play this past ...