Gov. Bruce Rauner proposed shifting the responsibility for paying pension costs to local school districts and public universities in an attempt to balance the state budget Wednesday.
Rauner said in...
Leon Mire, Associate News Editor
• February 1, 2017
Members of EIU-UPI set up a table to gather signatures for a petition to Gov. Bruce Rauner concerning health insurance negotiations Tuesday afternoon in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. They...
Dennis Malak is certain that through advocacy for stability and responsive legislating, he will be the best choice to represent the interests of Eastern, Charleston, and the entire 110th District in the...
Eight months without a budget has left about 200,000 students in the cold and other state services without money.
The ongoing budget impasse has left the legislature trying to find a way to compromise...
A social service agency known to many on campus is facing hardships because of the current budget impasse in the Illinois government. The Sexual Assault Counseling and Information Service relies heavily...
Cassie Buchman, Administration Editor
• October 22, 2015
Not having a budget passed for Illinois is a pressing issue for many who live in the state.
Someone who has been vocal about his concerns is former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, who recently came to Eastern...
Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a bill August 24 to help reduce school disciplinary rates, specifically with suspensions in public and charter schools statewide. The bill will go into effect September 2016.
The...
The Charleston City Council will vote Tuesday on a revised resolution called “Supporting Local Government Relief and Reform” and eight ordinances for funding local business renovations.
The resolution,...
The Charleston City Council voted Tuesday to reconsider a resolution that was passed in the beginning of April regarding workers’ empowerment zones.
The council then unanimously voted to place a revised...
