"Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday that he intends to work with lawmakers during the next month to restore about $200 million to a state grant program that provides money to needy college students," Sauk Valley Newspapers reports. "'I am committed to getting funding,' the Democratic governor said during an early-afternoon appearance at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. 'We are going to prevail. We will not accept anything but full funding for MAP grants.' Monetary Assistance Program grants provides up to $5,000 a year to students from low-income families to attend college."