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Editorial: Dear legislators: Welcome back, now do your jobs

April 5, 2016

Lawmakers return to Capitol as budget impasse drags on

April 3, 2016

Dems advance latest higher ed bill, take another stab at union measure

By Monique Garcia and Celeste Bott, Chicago Tribune

March 4, 2016

Filed under Latest News

Democrats once again sought to bolster their election-year campaign attack fodder against Republicans on Thursday, voting for the latest plan to fund higher education and another union-backed measure to prevent a worker lockou...

Editorial: Harder work needed on state budget

By Herald & Review in Decatur

February 17, 2016

Filed under Editorials, Opinion

As each day passes, the state's budget crisis reaches deeper and deeper into the lives of Illinois residents.Although some of the signs are evident, such as social service agencies struggling to make ends meet, colleges and un...

Rauner to deliver second budget speech in Springfield before passing first

February 17, 2016

Illinois faculty and students starting to feel the hurt as budget standoff hits six-month mark

January 21, 2016

Editorial: Budget impasse may last for months

January 18, 2016

Town hall talk addresses university budget woes

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE

March 16, 2015

Filed under Campus, Latest News

Citizens smell something rotten in the state of Illinois and it smells a lot like money problems.Several SIU administrators were part of a panel to answer questions from the near 50-person audience Monday in the Student Cente...

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