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Board appoints Freeman as the thirteenth and first female president of NIU

By Jessie Kern | September 24, 2018

The Board of Trustees unanimously voted Acting President Lisa Freeman as the thirteenth president of NIU, making her the first female president in university history.The appointment was made during a Board of Trustees Special Meeting Thursday, with an...

Campus in need of repairs and funds

By James Krause | October 16, 2017

DeKALB — Hazardous tunneling systems, 50-year-old boilers and damaged building exteriors are among repairs NIU must make that require funding from the state, something for which officials have desperately been lobbying state lawmakers.The Illinois Board...

Pass/Fail: Legislators pass state budget and fund NIU; Costly review results in three-page report

IL budget passed; NIU sustains $65 million loss

By Morgan Fink | July 10, 2017

DeKALB — Legislators in Springfield passed a state budget after a nearly three-year impasse, providing NIU with full state funding for the first time since Fiscal Year 2015 at 10 percent less than the last complete appropriation.The budget was passed...

Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley) talks about the likelihood of there being no Illinois budget before July 1, 2015, at the Board of Trustees meeting on June 18, 2015.

Short-term funding bill could keep higher ed afloat

By Alexander Chettiath | April 21, 2016

Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley) talks about the likelihood of there being no Illinois budget before July 1, 2015, at the Board of Trustees meeting on June 18, 2015.

Letter to the Editor: State representative supports legislator pay halt

By Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley) | April 21, 2016

It was an idea heard in coffee shops around the state: “stop paying legislators.” Comptroller Leslie Munger must have heard the suggestion because over the weekend she announced that legislators will have to wait to be paid just like the state is...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Springfield on July 21. Senate Bill 2059 is expected to be reviewed by the Illinois House of Representatives on April 4.

MAP grant bill to make it to House next month

By Alex Chettiath | March 21, 2016

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Springfield on July 21. Senate Bill 2059 is expected to be reviewed by the Illinois House of Representatives on April 4.

Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) answers students’ questions regarding the budget impasse, MAP funding and technology at “Pizza with Pritchard” on Tuesday in the New Hall Community Center Swing Space. Read more at bit.ly/1YD6bae.

Local reps discuss budget impasse with students

By Madison Kacer | March 10, 2016

Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) answers students’ questions regarding the budget impasse, MAP funding and technology at “Pizza with Pritchard” on Tuesday in the New Hall Community Center Swing Space. Read more at bit.ly/1YD6bae.

Pritchard to hold pizza, answer session in New Hall

By Northern Star staff | March 7, 2016

A free pizza and question and answer event with Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley) will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the New Hall Swing Space.Pritchard has been in the state legislature for 13 years and has sat in on many committees including the Higher...

MAP grant bill passes House

MAP grant bill passes House

By Nicholas Bosshart | March 7, 2016

Projected state appropriations for NIU’s operating budget and for the Monetary Award Program, of Senate Bill 2043, House Bill 4539, House Bill 2990, House Bill 6415 and Fiscal Year 2017. The values are in percentages of what NIU and MAP is estimated to spend for FY 2016 once a budget is finalized. 

House short 2 votes, stops MAP grant bill override

By Alexander Chettiath and Satta Kendor | March 3, 2016

Despite being vetoed, a bill that would have fully funded the Monetary Award Program grants with $379 million had its veto overridden by the Illinois Senate on Wednesday but died in the House of Representatives by two votes.Senate Bill 2043, sponsored...

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to lawmakers as he leaves the House chambers after delivering the State of the Budget Address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Rauner vetoed Senate Bill 2043 on Friday, which would have appropriated $397 million for MAP funding.

Bill would appropriate $72M in funds to NIU

By Alexander Chettiath | February 22, 2016

Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to lawmakers as he leaves the House chambers after delivering the State of the Budget Address to a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. Rauner vetoed Senate Bill 2043 on Friday, which would have appropriated $397 million for MAP funding.

Gov. Bruce Rauner delivers his annual budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly in the House chambers at the Capitol Building on Wednesday in Springfield.

Higher education not in Rauner’s budget address

By Alexander Chettiath | February 18, 2016

Despite having no budget for Fiscal Year 2016, Gov. Bruce Rauner gave his annual budget address for Fiscal Year 2017 on Wednesday addressing K-12 education but not higher education.Rauner’s FY 2016 proposed budget includes reduction in funds to public...