The financial collapse of Illinois continues... The Multi-State Lottery Association has decided to drop Illinois at the end of the month if there is no state budget agreement, according to a report. http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/powerball-mega-millions-dropping-illinois-lottery-budget-c...

Statehouse Insider: Another nail in the fiscal coffin. Comptroller Susana Mendoza warned the day of reckoning was coming when it came to paying state bills, when all of those court orders, consent decrees, and state laws requiring automatic payments would outstrip the cash available to meet them al...

As in other sectors, pension reform is key to freeing up more resources for instruction. A study of Illinois by the State Higher Education Executive Officers found that in fiscal year 2015, retirement appropriations consumed 44.3 percent of the total funding for higher education in Illinois. In 200...

Why are they striking? According to the UIS faculty union, their main concern is over cicrumstances where the personnel policy has been violated in cases of re-appointment, tenure, and promotion. According to the UIS HR website, the faculty have been in negotiations on their first agreement since O...

I don't foresee the federal ICE folks planning trips to Forgottonia anytime soon. :lol: Yea, I'd say purely symbolic at this point. Symbolic or not, it's not sitting well with me. Obviously, I'm not a liberal; and this just seems to argue the point that universities aren't a place of learning anymo...

I have received four emails (so far) inviting me to the 24th ANNUAL DEALING WITH DIFFERENCE INSTITUTE (sic) featuring Wilson Okello. Can anyone translate this garbage for me? “Okello’s keynote address will examine historical and contemporary exemplars that reflect the potency of individuals committe...

Thanks Obama!