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An assistance program to help people buy homes and pay off student loans | First Listen

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  • The Illinois Housing Development Authority's SmartBuy program restarts
  • A measure before Illinois lawmakers would let high school athletes transfer schools and immediately play sports
  • A new report from the Illinois Economic Policy Insitutute and University of Illinois found the state better prepared for a recession than in 2007 or 2020
  • A 23 million dollar U.S. Department of Commerce digital equity capacity grant will help bolster outreach in Illinois
  • The Illinois prison system is rolling out a program to electronically scan incoming postal mail
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