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Without city help, Pritzker and Preckwinkle to ask for $250 million more to help fund migrant crisisGov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s funding agreement is noticeably missing a key partner: the city of Chicago. And it comes after Pritzker, Preckwinkle and Mayor Brandon Johnson met in January and this month to discuss how to further fund the crisis.
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Illinois State University’s proposed budget for next year totals more than $561 million. That’s an 8% increase in revenues, or a $41 million jump, over the fiscal year 2023 budget that began in July.
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The tentative FY23-24 budget is about 10% higher than last year, and includes a $173 million operating plan.
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The Unit 5 school board will vote on the $232.9 million budget next month, followed by the district setting an annual tax levy in December.
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The District 87 school board will get its first look at its $89.9 million spending plan Wednesday night.
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Members of both parties have increased the budget deficit in the last decade, U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said Tuesday. And both major parties will have to participate in any successful effort to reduce it.
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Starting next fall, there’ll be no more sports or clubs for Unit 5 junior high students — no sports teams for freshmen, and no band/orchestra for fifth-graders.
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Unit 5 schools have talked about a tax referendum for at least a couple of months, according to January school board finance committee minutes.
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Nearly two dozen speakers aired frustrations during public comments at the Unit 5 school board's meeting Wednesday night, while a sign-waving crowd applauded from their seats in the Normal Community West High School auditorium.
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The Bloomington City Council on Monday adopted a $251.7 million budget, up 9.3% over last year’s plan.The vote was 8-1, with Ward 6 alderwoman Jenn…