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

The governor’s appearance is the latest flashpoint in Illinois’ ongoing battle with the GOP-controlled U.S House and the ...

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 ...

A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando, 29, took out private loans to pay for college. Unlike federal student loans, private loans typically have higher interest rates ...

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 ...

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 ...

The loss of federal funding for any key program could be a big hit for Illinois even though the state has fixed a number of fiscal issues since Pritzker took office in 2019. Over the last several ...

"All of the state has transit challenges, and whatever we do on the funding side needs to include that." With only a handful of days left in the Illinois legislature's spring session, a pair of ...

Many programs and state agencies will receive the funding they asked for, such as Illinois State Police that will receive $448 million from the budget to help fund its services. On the other side ...

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are calling for a massive investment into Illinois mass transit, but where the funding comes from remains up in the air. A $770 million fiscal cliff is facing ...

Our Nic Blumberg joins us now live from Springfield. Nic, what kind of funding streams might we see? And will it do enough to keep transition going over fiscal cliff? >> Well, short answer brandis.