Pritzker fact check: Illinoisans pay 4th-highest college tuition in nation By Dylan Sharkey 01/24/2023 Gov. J.B. Pritzker is making free college a priority in his second term. Tuition is driven up by pension costs, which Pritzker routinely ignores. TAGS: college tuition, JB Pritzker
Fact check: Pritzker budget takes from college students, gives to pensions By Dylan Sharkey 05/16/2022 Gov. J.B Pritzker has touted his record on higher education funding, even hinting many students should be given free tuition, but pensions are driving up tuition and eating state university funding. Pritzker refuses to tame that beast. TAGS: college tuition, education spending, SURS: State Universities Retirement System