Capitol Briefs: Measure targets ‘legacy’ admission at public universities
Lawmakers miss self-imposed Friday deadline for budget, advance hundreds of bills
higher education
Pritzker touts new budget’s higher education spending
Gov. JB Pritzker began a tour of the state to tout the new state budget that lawmakers passed last week, ...
UPDATED: Lawmakers advance bills mandating salary transparency, community college credit parity
As the General Assembly prepares to wrap up its spring legislative session this week, Democratic lawmakers are advancing a bill ...
Pritzker touts higher education plan, joins call for pharmacies to state abortion pill plans
On his latest marketing tour to sell his state budget plan, Gov. JB Pritzker visited a community college in Normal ...
Report details community colleges’ impact on economy, earnings
Illinois community colleges have a multi-billion dollar impact on the state’s economy and will be “integral in making a recovery ...
Media literacy requirement, animal products ban among latest 53 bills signed by Pritzker
Public high schools in Illinois will soon be required to teach students how to access and evaluate various kinds of ...
College athletes could profit from likeness under bill passed by Illinois House
College athletes in Illinois would be able to independently profit from their image or likeness under a bill passed by ...
Bills creating liaisons for homeless college students, addressing dental care in schools advance
The Illinois Senate advanced several bills to the House Wednesday, including one establishing a housing insecurity liaison for homeless college ...
Lawmakers asked to give ‘full faith and credit’ to College Illinois savings plan
The director of a state-run college savings program urged Illinois lawmakers to back the program with the “full faith and ...
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