No timeline set for Stevens Buildings project
By Madison Kacer
| July 18, 2016
NIU allocated with new budget plan
By Madison Kacer
| July 11, 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.](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
![NIU President Doug Baker (left) and Greg Long, executive secretary of University Council, discuss the current budget issues NIU is facing due to the continued state budget impasse Wednesday at a University Council meeting in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/249a88c7b681e5aae784d36bdb83acf3.jpg)
Taxes may increase due to budget impasse: Baker
By Northern Star staff
| April 7, 2016
![Dean of education to focus on cuts, budget](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/017611b3980f91f17d3850f8ade7109d.jpg)
Dean of education to focus on cuts, budget
By Julia Martinez
| April 7, 2016
SA to push MAP in Springfield
By Northern Star staff
| March 10, 2016
Student employment may help replace some MAP grant funding
By Kaylyn Zielinski
| March 3, 2016
![Enrollment for the computer science graduate program has increased from 112 in 2012 to 260 in 2015.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/091ee86c326caeeed7e1ee6df6189f1d.jpg)
Budget impasse affecting NIU staff, student ratio
By Leah Nicolini
| February 29, 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
![NIU plans to cut $30M from budget](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1b6a1b1a28e19846e938261a9d3b2308-900x866.jpg)
NIU plans to cut $30M from budget
By Sara Karikomi
| February 18, 2016
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