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Clout or Coincidence? Some Legislators Keep General Assembly Scholarships All in the Family

December 8, 2009
By Jeremie Benoit Rosley
Clout or Coincidence? Some Legislators Keep General Assembly Scholarships All in the Family

The Illinois General Assembly scholarships have become a family affair for dozens of siblings who’ve secured tens of thousands of dollars in free tuition to the state’s public universities since 2003. There’s just one main requirement in the century-old state law that created the legislative scholarship program: Applicants must live in the awarding lawmaker’s district....
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