All budget

February 24, 2015

Rauner calls for $209 million cut to U of I budget

Proposed 31.5 percent reduction in state funds includes $60M at UIC

piggy bank with a dollar sticking out of it

September 16, 2014

Trustees approve $5B university budget

Fiscal 2015 plan increases spending less than 1 percent

May 20, 2014

Medicaid changes ‘significantly’ affect UI Health, trustee says

Officials seek ways to offset shortfall from reduction in reimbursement

Gov. Pat Quinn talks with representatives from the three UI campuses

April 3, 2014

Students head to Springfield to advocate for university

A chance to talk with state legislators about funding, financial aid

Robert Easter

March 11, 2014

Income tax changes could cut UI state funding

State appropriation could decrease 12.5 percent, administrators say

hands protectively holding a piggy bank

January 23, 2014

Trustees: seek options to protect employee retirement benefits

University will look for options to address changes in pension law

stack of books

January 14, 2014

Trustees consider 1.7% tuition increase

Same as last year, smallest in nearly two decades

money folded up and placed in a nest

January 14, 2014

Questions remain after passage of pension law

Constitutionality, savings of new law under examination

close up of a $20 bill

December 6, 2013

Governor signs pension changes for state employees

Law likely to be challenged in court, university leaders say

Capitol Building in Washington, DC

October 1, 2013

Impact of government shutdown ‘minimal’

Research grants, financial aid, health care services OK for short-term.

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