State integrity news for Illinois, from the Chicago Tribune:

State lawmakers are poised to finally ban an oft-abused free college tuition program that's drawn the scrutiny of federal prosecutors, a push that comes as a new scholarship program is being offered as a bargaining chip to win votes for a long-stalled proposal to build a Downstate power plant.

Headed for the chopping block is the century-old legislative scholarship program that allows lawmakers to dole out free tuition to state schools. For decades, the Tribune and other news outlets have documented abuses where legislators awarded the scholarships to family members, children of political donors and students living outside their districts.

Read the rest of the story at the Chicago Tribune.