Funding

The number of police officers employed nationwide has decreased due to Covid-19 and the "Defund the Police" movement. The numbers have climbed back up in some communities, but not uniformly.

WSIU Radio recently spoke with John A. Logan college President Ron House on the Governor's five percent budget request for higher education.

As Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered his first budget address, Southern Illinois University Carbondale students traveled across the capitol…

Predictions of a notable shift in enrollment in the Southern Illinois University system have come true this fall.For months, leaders at SIU Edwardsville…

Two regional superintendents were recently tasked with recommending ways the state can funnel new money to schools for at-risk students. Lee Gaines has…

A group of regional leaders is voicing its concern about the SIU Board of Trustees consideration of a fund shift between the Carbondale and Edwardsville…

In his blog, SIU-Carbondale Chancellor Carlo Montemagno discusses the impact of a proposed reallocation of funds between his campus and…

A constituency group at SIU Carbondale is fighting back against a proposal to change the allocation of state funding between the Carbondale and…

In just over five weeks, the 100th Illinois General Assembly is scheduled adjourn and many educators are hoping that House Bill 2808 will become passed.…

Giving Governor Bruce Rauner the power to sweep previously appropriated funds from many agencies could do great harm to Illinois' 911 system.That's what…