Bill Allowing Undocumented Students To Apply For Student Aid Passes Senate Committee
A state Senate panel has approved a measure that would let undocumented students compete for financial help at Illinois’ 4-year universities.
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New State Task Force To Search For Health Care Fraud
Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed an executive order, creating a task force to look for waste, fraud and abuse in taxpayer-funded health care programs. The panel will also try to prevent waste in state and federally funded Medicaid and employee health insurance programs. Rauner says the cost of state-run health care programs increase when no one's acting as a watchdog.
More Students Leaving Illinois For College?
One high school counselor says the budget uncertainty, particularly with the Monetary Award Program, or MAP grants, is pushing some students to attend college out of state.
IL House GOP Leader: ‘We’re The Laughing Stock Of The Nation’
A stalemate persists, as Illinois begins a tenth month without a budget. Legislators are back in Springfield after a spring break. They now have a few months to also find an agreement on a new budget, to cover next year.
State Fair Grandstand Acts Announced (Despite Budget Woes)
Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Greg Allman and ZZ Top are among the acts announced for the Grandstand schedule at the Illinois State Fair in August.