For inner-city families without the luxury of a private education, an Illinois manufacturing job is and always has been the first rung up the economic ladder.
Illinoisans need structure and fairness in their state government. But in Springfield, the rules are often written by the controlling party to its own advantage.
Illinois students could soon benefit from scholarship money to help them find a tutor, attend ACT or SAT prep sessions, pay tuition, get special education services or assist with other academic needs. That will happen in Illinois only if Gov. J.B. Pritzker lets the state’s schoolchildren benefit from the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program, established...