Board appoints Freeman as the thirteenth and first female president of NIU
By Jessie Kern
| September 24, 2018
Campus in need of repairs and funds
By James Krause
| October 16, 2017
![Pass/Fail: Legislators pass state budget and fund NIU; Costly review results in three-page report](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2d07f54960ff77731de4e048de0e4979-900x577.jpg)
IL budget passed; NIU sustains $65 million loss
By Morgan Fink
| July 10, 2017
![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.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1b7deeef3e69388f56c340c69a41e5d0.jpg)
Short-term funding bill could keep higher ed afloat
By Alexander Chettiath
| April 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.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/84fb7653f4efa63e4abbdb61f39c101e.jpg)
MAP grant bill to make it to House next month
By Alex Chettiath
| March 21, 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.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/4d1f24a236cc3b7a9db2fdc337722fad.jpg)
Local reps discuss budget impasse with students
By Madison Kacer
| March 10, 2016
Pritchard to hold pizza, answer session in New Hall
By Northern Star staff
| March 7, 2016
![MAP grant bill passes House](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/b92878ab575fe36e1f0529dfe462234b.jpg)
MAP grant bill passes House
By Nicholas Bosshart
| March 7, 2016
House short 2 votes, stops MAP grant bill override
By Alexander Chettiath and Satta Kendor
| March 3, 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.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cbf589f5e70cb6d15a13aaf3dd661fcb.jpg)
Bill would appropriate $72M in funds to NIU
By Alexander Chettiath
| February 22, 2016
![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.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ffe6b9c7ca211dc6915694c2a77bb9b3-900x600.jpg)
Higher education not in Rauner’s budget address
By Alexander Chettiath
| February 18, 2016
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