Author: Barbara Iverson

• Nobody’s Watching: Illinois Lawmakers Alone Decide How to Give Millions

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• Some Illinois Lawmakers Turn a Right into a Requirement

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• Someone has to pay for the millions of dollars in scholarships state legislators dole out each year – and that ends up being the rest of the students who attend Illinois’ public universities. For…

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• Gretchen Watson got an undergraduate degree and her master’s, too, thanks to the Illinois General Assembly scholarship program. For seven years, Watson, now an elementary school teacher, didn’t have…

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• Marcie Gutierrez, a teacher at John Hay Elementary on Chicago’s West Side, wanted help paying for school when she attended the University of Illinois at Chicago to further her education. So she…

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• Five Illinois lawmakers require students applying for a legislative scholarship to register to vote – a requirement that some experts say is inappropriate and discriminatory. John Whitehead,…

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• Google Chrome – Download a new browser

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• Scholarships for Some Grad Students a Big Burden for State and Schools

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• Clout or Coincidence? Some Legislators Keep General Assembly Scholarships All in the Family

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• Evasive State Legislators Dodge Questions About Scholarships

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