Bridgette Fox
Bridgette Fox is a Public Affairs Reporting student in the School of Communication and Media at the University of Illinois-Springfield. The program trains students to become journalists who specialize in news coverage of governmental affairs.
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University leaders from across the state push for new way of determining state funding. The fiscal year 2026 proposed budget includes a 3% increase for higher education in the general fund for operating costs – which is about the same as the rate of inflation. -
A case brought to the Illinois Supreme Court by House Republican Leader Tony McCombie asked the court to reject the current legislative map for its partisan bias and have a special master redraw the districts.
