During his speech Thursday Eastern President David Glassman discussed the need for departments to continue regulating departmental expenses. During the 2015 to 2017 budget impasse departments had to...

In 2015 Illinoisans began experiencing a 793-day-long budget crisis that lasted into 2017, and Ryan Burge, professor of political science, is seeing similarities between it and the 25-day-long government...

At the Board of Trustees’ meeting on Nov. 16, a budget for FY 19 was approved. Eastern’s recent history surrounding budgets is a troubled one. As many know, lots of different institutions in the state...

Even though the budget impasse, which starved higher education for nearly two years, has come and gone, it is evident that public universities are still suffering in its aftermath. Unfortunately, Eastern...

Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) will speak about his vote on the Illinois state budget at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Maranatha Baptist Church in Mattoon. Phillps, along with other members of the Illinois...

Eastern has issued a temporary hard spending freeze on all purchases effective immediately Thursday morning. In an email sent to all account managers, Purchase Card holders and OfficeMax users, Eastern...