As President Donald Trump and his team dialed up the pressure on Harvard University last month, threatening to bar its ...

Illinois' SmartBuy program offers up to $40,000 in student loan forgiveness and up to $5,000 towards a down payment or closing costs, but its long-term viability is uncertain due to the state's ...

Illinois' public universities are underfunded, forcing tuition hikes and cuts that threaten access and affordability for ...

(Capitol News Illinois) - With $49,000 in student loan debt ... state-level programs like SmartBuy offer an alternative answer to combating the crisis. But federal funding, legislative approval and ...

Hours later, the government froze billions in Harvard's federal funding.The first university targeted by the Trump administration was Columbia, which acquiesced to the government’s demands under ...

RTA officials have estimated 40% service cuts are necessary to address the fiscal crisis ... the funding needed to avoid devastating cuts and disruption for everyone in Northeast Illinois ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mass transit and union leaders are warning about jobs and service cuts after Illinois lawmakers passed ... shortfall now that COVID-19 funding has gone away.

RTA officials have estimated 40% service cuts are necessary to address the fiscal crisis. Gov ... shared support to identify the funding needed to avoid devastating cuts and disruption for everyone in ...

Illinois legislators late Saturday approved ... The passage comes amid growing uncertainty about funding coming from Washington. The federal government is struggling with its own surging debt ...

Illinois legislators late Saturday approved a $55 billion ... The passage comes amid growing uncertainty about funding coming from Washington. The federal government is struggling with its own surging ...

Illinois state lawmakers were working late into the night on Saturday to pass a $55 billion state budget plan for the next fiscal year, and to overhaul governance and funding for Chicago area mass ...