Issue of turning over guardianship to gain more funding for college must be addressed.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week ordered a thorough investigation into one of the latest scams involving the misuse of tax dollars, as well he should have.

“It’s terrible. There are more people applying for Monetary Assistance Program money than there are dollars that we could provide. So if people are defrauding the system, these wealthy parents are literally committing fraud here, we need to go find them, root it out and make sure those dollars go to the right people,” he said.

As a Chicago Public Schools social worker, Emily Penn’s job is to travel between two schools, making sure her special education students get the services they need. But at one of those schools, she was furious her students couldn’t even get the basics: a teacher.

For two long years, her students, most of whom have learning disabilities, had no special education teacher to teach them directly or work in the regular classroom to adjust lessons and make sure they understood.

McHenry Township voters are gearing up for a special meeting Monday.

Residents requested the meeting via petition and will be able to vote on two matters related to the recent elimination of the township senior and disabled bus program. Trustees voted to do away with the program in June and the service is set to end Nov. 30.