After the Latin School of Chicago passed a cellphone ban, students, who typically would be glued to their phones on their way to class, looked up, interacted with their peers and were more immersed in school, officials said. The Latin School of Chicago first restricted cellphone use for the 2024-25 school year, and a year […]
Sam Freeman
Samantha Freeman is a graduate student in journalism with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a Fellow in its Medill Illinois News Bureau working in partnership with Capitol News Illinois.
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Student loan borrowers in Illinois could face federal, state ‘tax bomb’ in 2026
For the first time in five years, certain forms of student loan forgiveness will be taxable following a change in federal tax policy this year. This comes after a provision of the American Rescue Plan Act expired Dec. 31. That measure, signed into law in 2021 by former President Joe Biden, temporarily excluded student loan debt from […]
