Showing posts with label Higher education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Higher education. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Statehouse roundup

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By Jamey Dunn There was plenty going on at the Statehouse today, and it’s only the first week of April. A House committee approved a bill ...
Monday, December 02, 2013

Politics swirl around pension vote

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By Jamey Dunn The political fallout has begun over a deal reached by legislative leaders to make changes to the state’s public employee pe...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Final state budget bills sent to governor

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By Meredith Colias and Jamey Dunn The Illinois Senate today approved the last two budget bills that the House sent over. Republicans echoe...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Senate approves education budgets

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By Meredith Colias  Illinois Senate Democrats voted today to give education an extra boost by using unexpected income tax revenue to avoid...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

House passes the bulk of its budget

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By Jamey Dunn and Meredith Colias Illinois House Democrats passed several pieces of their budget today as Republicans bemoaned being cut o...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Higher education leaders agree to pension cost shift

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By Meredith Colias  Representatives from universities and community colleges negotiating with House Speaker Michael Madigan have reluctant...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

Madigan pushes ahead with cost-shift talks

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By Meredith Colias Representatives from public schools, higher education and community colleges testifying before a House committee today ...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

Universities ask legislators to restore Quinn's proposed cuts

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By Meredith Colias The presidents of four of Illinois' public universities testified today before the Senate Appropriations Committee,...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Eastern Illinois University looking for flat funding

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By Meredith Colias After Gov. Pat Quinn asked for a 5 percent reduction in higher education spending, the first university to appeal to la...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Quinn pushes pension changes in somber budget speech

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn laid out some concepts for changes to the state's underfunded pension systems in a budget that he says is...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Quinn to propose education cuts and pension changes

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By Jamey Dunn with Meredith Colias contributing In his budget proposal tomorrow, Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to lay out substantial cuts to...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Study: Public research universities increased tuition while reducing per-student spending

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By Jamey Dunn Yet another study warning about state cuts to public universities came out this week, and Illinois was in the top 10 list of...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Quinn signs law ending legislative scholarships

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By Jamey Dunn  Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill today eliminating legislative scholarships, as federal investigators appear to be pushing for...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Republicans balk at pension cost shift

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By Jamey Dunn Supporters of pension reform legislation approved by a House committee today say they want to see the bill called for floor ...
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Cross to Madigan: Take cost shift out of pension reform

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By Jamey Dunn A plan to reform most of the state’s pensions systems appears to have hit a snag.  House Republican Leader Tom Cross says ...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Cullerton reverses support for legislative scholarships

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By Jamey Dunn After pressure from lawmakers and years of public scrutiny, Senate President John Cullerton is sponsoring a bill to end the ...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

University of Illinois president to step down

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By Jamey Dunn Almost a month after several high-profile faculty members called for his resignation, University of Illinois President Micha...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

U of I officials eye Medicaid and pension reform

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By Jamey Dunn University of Illinois officials say they are worried about more than just their line item in the state’s budget for next fi...
Thursday, March 08, 2012

Universities hope to keep guns off campuses

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By Jamey Dunn Proponents of concealed carry hope that it’s their year to end the state’s ban on carrying firearms in public, but a provisi...
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