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Community colleges renew push for four-year degrees, but universities push back

By Christopher Placek
Apr 29, 2025 7:07 pm - Harper College and other community colleges are lobbying legislators for the right to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees in select fields, but the proposal faces opposition from universities who fear duplication of efforts.
After-school programs continue push for state aid

By Peter Hancock
Apr 29, 2025 6:49 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Advocates for after-school programs that provide tutoring, recreation and other services made their case again Tuesday for a $50 million state appropriation...
Naperville’s Cress Creek Garden Club honors scholarship winners

Submitted by Sally Johnson
Apr 29, 2025 5:11 pm - Cress Creek Garden Club will honor scholarships winners majoring in forestry, landscape design, botany, and horticulture at June 13 luncheon.
‘It’s an amazing opportunity’: Hersey’s Hackathon sparks innovation, collaboration

Courtesy of District 214
Apr 28, 2025 5:29 pm - A day of coding and collaboration unfolded at John Hersey High School as the third annual Hackathon brought together more than 70 students from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and surrounding suburbs.
Palatine Jaycees’ free STEAM fair a success

Submitted by Palatine Jaycees
Apr 28, 2025 5:17 pm - The Palatine Jaycees hosted their most successful and largest-ever free STEAM Fair for elementary students on March 18.
Tuition, fees rising at Illinois universities as state funding lags inflation pace

By Bridgette Fox
Apr 28, 2025 2:15 pm - The cost to attend state universities has been rising, and some institutions have said they’ll have to continue pushing the brunt of state budget shortfalls onto students and families if there isn’t a change.
‘Legally Blonde the Musical!’ comes to Metea Valley stage this spring

By Matt Wolski, Metea Valley High School Theatre
Apr 28, 2025 10:32 am - The musical "Legally Blonde" comes to Metea Valley High School this spring. It opens Thursday, May 1, at the Aurora high school.
Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here's what he's done and not done

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and CALVIN WOODWARD
Apr 28, 2025 9:55 am - The weeks since President Donald Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises.
Rosenblum named District 211’s new board president

Daily Herald report
Apr 25, 2025 2:39 pm - The three newly elected members of the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education were sworn in Thursday, but the board’s new officers were chosen from among the already seated members.
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyers say

By JANIE HAR and KATE BRUMBACK
Apr 25, 2025 2:32 pm - The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the U.S. after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, government lawyers said Friday.

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