SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois doctors have more discretion for giving their patients with chronic pain opioids, thanks to a new law. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law Friday ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — A new Indiana law to address chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools is now in effect, but Hoosier education officials — and at least one state senator — say online ...

INDIANAPOLIS — One in every four adults suffers from chronic pain, according to the CDC. For one Indiana lawmaker and his doctor, the fight to help Hoosiers with chronic pain is not only ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - Iowa lawmakers have been discussing chronic absenteeism since at least last year. Now, state lawmakers are working to give schools more control over what allows your child to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - As Linn County schools enter the second school year under a stricter state truancy law that went into effect July 1, 2024, the rates from last year demonstrate a rise in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Senate is working to provide schools and parents more flexibility on what allows students to be “excused” from class. Lawmakers are working to “fix” Iowa's chronic ...