Elaine S. Povich

Elaine S. Povich covers education and consumer affairs for Stateline. Povich has reported for Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and United Press International.

Voters will be asked to decide whether public money should go to support private education. Opponents say it would undermine public schools by shifting money from them, while backers maintain that state aid would give parents more control over their kids’ education.
By Elaine S. Povich
Students walk to a classroom on Sept. 9, 2024, at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Learning Center on Blane Drive in Hopkinsville. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)