217 Today: More Illinois colleges are offering full tuition scholarships. Are they too good to be true?

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Today's headlines:

• The amount of American crops, pasture and forestland owned by foreign investors continued to increase in 2023.
• Experts at the University of Illinois are exploring new agricultural technologies to policymakers that could streamline work for farmers to local democrat representatives. 
• The average price for a dozen eggs has soared to over $4 in recent weeks and bird flu is a big reason why.

In today's deep dive, we'll learn how some Illinois colleges and universities are able to offer full-tuition scholarships.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Jim Meadows, Mae Antar, Skyler Rossi and Peter Medlin.