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Frustrated Students Lobby in Springfield
Over 300 college students descended on the Illinois General Assembly Thursday, lobbying Springfield legislators to…
61 Legislators Violated the Legislative Scholarship Program, and Everyone’s Pointing Fingers
Sixty-one members of the Illinois General Assembly broke the law over the course of six…
For Richer or Poorer? Legislative Scholarships Should Target the Needy
The millions of dollars in scholarships Illinois lawmakers hand out each year to high school…
Experts Suggest Changes to Legislative Scholarships
Efforts to abolish the century-old Illinois General Assembly scholarship program have proven unsuccessful in the…
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…