Report: Lobbyist's Kin Received Scholarships

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CHICAGO - A lobbyist who was able to count one day of substitute teaching toward a state teacher pension also received tuition waivers for two of his children and a nephew through a controversial legislative scholarship program, according to a report published Sunday.

The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday that two children and a nephew of Steven Preckwinkle, the political director of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, received tuition waivers to Illinois State University in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Report: Lobbyist's Kin Received Scholarships

Preckwinkle's children received the scholarships from former Rep. Mike Curran, a Springfield Democrat, acc...

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