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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: What to know about an effort to make college in Illinois more affordable
Description: You’ve likely heard about how expensive college has gotten.
Maybe you’re putting a huge chunk of your paycheck towards student loan payments.
Or you’re wondering how you’ll afford to send your kids to college.
What you may not know is the problem is especially bad here in Illinois.
But now, a group of politicians and advocates in the state have a pretty revolutionary plan to change that.
WBEZ’s Lisa Kurian Philip breaks it down how it would work.
HOST: DIXON