Downgrades of state’s credit become routine
Quinn era has seen 11 of them
I remember my consumer education teacher at Galesburg High School explaining how to achieve a good credit rating.
We learned that the worse your credit rating, the harder it is to borrow. And when people with bad credit do borrow, they pay a much higher interest rate.
Here are my teacher’s tips on having good credit:
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