217 Today: Federal pandemic relief funding for schools is ending. How has it impacted Illinois schools?

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The hallways of Northwest Elementary School in LaSalle, Illinois.
  • Photo: Peter Medlin / WNIJ

Friday, August 30, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • The U of I blasted past Eastern Illinois with a score of 45 to nothing last night at Memorial Stadium.
  • Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has eliminated the state’s one percent tax on food items to help people save at the grocery store.
  • If Republicans want to win elections in the suburbs of Chicago, one party official says they have to vote more moderately than their downstate colleagues.
  • Thursday was the grand opening of the new Hard Rock Casino in Rockford.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll learn federal pandemic relief funding for schools is ending and how it might impact Illinois schools.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Kulsoom Khan, Jim Meadows, Reginald Hardwick and Peter Medlin.

 

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.