For the first time since 1994, incarcerated people can use Pell Grants to attend for college behind bars. That means more opportunities for Ohioans in prison.
An expansion of federal student aid for the 2023-2024 academic year will cost taxpayers $130 million per year in grants to prisoners for higher education.
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A teen wanted for robbing a bank in Michigan and stealing a car in Indiana is in custody after being arrested in Vermilion County, Illinois. Authorities say Jacob Edwards was arrested Friday. A deputy responded after the 18-year-old suspect knocked on a door of a home in the 25-hundred block of North Road. Edwards pointed a gun at the deputy, who shot him. Edwards was taken to the hospital. A deadly shooting in Carbondale is under investigation. State police say Robert Delmore Junior was shot and killed Saturday in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue. He was found with a gunshot wound inside an apartment. No arrests have been made. The Illinois museum community is mourning the passing of Illinois State Museum Director Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko over the weekend. Catlin-Legutko had served as director since the fall of 2019. She recently had been appointed by President Joe Biden to the Route 66 Centennial Commission. Illinois' unemployment rate remains steady. The state's Departmen
SHERIDAN – Lewis University have begun their Spring semester of classes inside Sheridan Correctional Center. The program in Sheridan is the second in the state