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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The General Assembly is set to meet at the state capitol in Springfield next week. Illinois is again without a budget after a stopgap spending bill ran out on Dec. 31.

Illinois begins 2017 without a state budget after temporary plan expires

January 6, 2017

This year started on a familiar foot for the state of Illinois. For the second time in as many years, Illinois is without a budget or a spending plan. After a yearlong budget impasse, a stopgap budget...

Gov. Bruce Rauner listens to President Barack Obama speak in Chicago. Rauner and the General Assembly are entering into a new round of budget talks during their veto session.

Rauner, Madigan begin budget talks for rest of the fiscal year

November 18, 2016

With the clock ticking on the state’s stopgap spending bill, legislative leaders met with Gov. Bruce Rauner this week to discuss budget priorities. After a year-long budget impasse, the General Assembly...

Know your ballot: State comptroller race heats up over state budget crisis

November 3, 2016

The race for state comptroller in Illinois, usually a low-profile election, has had over $12 million dollars poured into the two candidates’ campaigns, as Republicans and Democrats in the state fight...

Rauner expected to approve emergency higher education funding

April 24, 2016

Gov. Bruce Rauner is expected to sign a Senate bill passed by Illinois lawmakers Friday that would allocate $600 million in short-term funding to public state universities and Monetary Award Program grant...

State Sen. Daniel Biss talks with constituents after a town hall meeting at the Levy Center on Thursday night. At the meeting, he addressed concerns about the five-month budget crisis and the impact on higher education.

Daniel Biss: Illinois might not see a budget until November 2016

December 4, 2015

Illinois Budget Crisis Illinois has operated without a budget for more than five months, a trend that could continue until the November 2016 election, state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) said...

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