Author: Barbara Iverson

• Plan Now for Spring Biking Convenience

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• If you don’t ride a bike, you might think this is a trivial issue, but it is critical to making cycling a viable mode of transportation in an urban are. When you want to go into a store or lock…

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• Our Goverment Committed to Engagement

  Citizen journalism, Net Neutrality, Publishing, Telecommunications

• Non-Profit Launching Coverage of Illinois State Government

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• Experts Suggest Changes to Legislative Scholarships

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• For Richer or Poorer? Legislative Scholarships Should Target the Needy

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• State Legislative Scholarships Could Be Eliminated

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• Efforts to abolish the century-old Illinois General Assembly scholarship program have proven unsuccessful in the past, but outside of eliminating it altogether, higher education and financial aid…

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• Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) plans to reform or possibly abolish the General Assembly scholarship program when the legislature returns to Springfield in January. “We don’t…

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• The millions of dollars in scholarships Illinois lawmakers hand out each year to high school graduates in their districts could be better spent on students who couldn’t otherwise afford to go to…

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