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The Illinois Board of High Education has approved a $2.1 billion budget request, a 4.5 percent increase over the prior year at a time when the state faces a multi-billion dollar budget gap.

“These matters associated with the budget, most of them, are really matters the Legislature – a co-equal branch by their own admission – should be engaged in,” Pritzker said. The largest chunk of reductions comes in a $304.8 million slash to government services, meaning probable furloughs, hiring freezes, and reduced overtime and travel. Within that is a $75 million trim to personnel adjustments in all state agencies, but details will be "developed through negotiations with ...