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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.
âThese matters associated with the budget, most of them, are really matters the Legislature â a co-equal branch by their own admission â should be engaged in,â 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 the unions.â Illinois State University spokesman Eric Jome said the state budget cuts announced...