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An Illinois state court battle is heating up over whether an agency should be compelled to release the names of students who receive state financial aid to attend college.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
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Audio and summary
On the one hand, yes, there needs to be accountability for the MAP program. On the other hand, 18 year old kids who were born into poor families don’t need their names broadcast on the internet as being poor folk. I know I wouldn’t want my name on some list. I don’t want people looking up my name 20 years from now and seeing that I too received a little MAP money from the state 20 years ago. it’s irrelevant. But on the other hand, he’s right, the amount of the award is so minimal, it’s basically nothing, there is… Read more »