Northern Star
 

Advertisement

hiring ad
 

 
Northern Star

Northern Illinois University’s student media since 1899

 

Ensure student journalism survives. Donate today.

Express Yourself: A Northern Star project
The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star
The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star
A laptop sits open with the Bright Start website shown on screen. The Illinois 529 Rollover plan allows for leftover money in college savings accounts to be rolled over into a Roth IRA. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)

Illinois 529 rollover plan signed into law

By Victoria Wakeford, News Reporter | August 28, 2024

DeKALB – Earlier this month, an Illinois bill was signed to allow unused college savings to be utilized for retirement.  With this plan, parents are able to roll over their leftover Illinois 529 college funds (Bright Start and Bright Directions)...

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs talks to 16 NIU and DeKalb leaders during a round table discussion in 2015 in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room. Frerichs says one-in-four adults in Illinois have the ability to find unclaimed property through the I-Cash program.

I-Cash seeks to reunite $3.2 million with DeKalb residents

By Evan Mellon, News Reporter | April 27, 2023

DeKALB – DeKalb County residents might have unclaimed money in their name, and a program from the Illinois State Treasurer is looking to reunite millions to the residents they belong to. I-Cash is a program run by the office of Illinois State Treasurer...