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Quinn To End Legislative Scholarship Program

7/11/2012 6:20:08 AM

By Mike Cocquit

College-bound students in Illinois will no longer receive scholarships from their lawmakers. Governor Quinn will sign a bill today that ends the General Assembly Scholarship program. It allowed legislators to hand out scholarships to students in their districts but it’s been marred by corruption. Some lawmakers have been accused of giving the financial assistance to their own family members or children of their campaign contributors.

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