The millions of dollars in scholarships Illinois lawmakers hand out each year to high school…
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Experts Suggest Changes to Legislative Scholarships
Efforts to abolish the century-old Illinois General Assembly scholarship program have proven unsuccessful in the…
Some Illinois Lawmakers Turn a Right into a Requirement
Five Illinois lawmakers require students applying for a legislative scholarship to register to vote –…
Nobody’s Watching: Illinois Lawmakers Alone Decide How to Give Millions
Marcie Gutierrez, a teacher at John Hay Elementary on Chicago’s West Side, wanted help paying…
No Method to the Madness: State Scholarships Award Some Students More than Others
Gretchen Watson got an undergraduate degree and her master’s, too, thanks to the Illinois General…
Students’ Free Ride Proves Costly to Their Classmates
Someone has to pay for the millions of dollars in scholarships state legislators dole out…
One Scholarship, 163 Ways to Dole It Out
The Illinois General Assembly scholarship doesn’t work like other scholarships. Some students win it because…
Evasive State Legislators Dodge Questions About Scholarships
The phone calls started Sept. 15. The journalist wanted to know how Sen. Mattie Hunter…