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Payouts like the one NIU gave Baker keep Illinois mired in debt, analyst says

By Michael McGrady | Oct 26, 2017

After stepping down, controversial Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker accepted a $600,000 severance package.

Hultgren joins push for employee-training tax incentive

By Michael McGrady | Oct 24, 2017

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) has joined a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers in introducing a bill intended to empower small businesses by providing tax incentives for investing in employee training, according to a press release.

NIU student leader 'disappointed' in ethical lapse by president

By Michael McGrady | Jul 12, 2017

Tim Kirsininkas had high hopes Northern Illinois University (NIU) could rise above the ethical morass that so often seems to be where state politics resides.

Embattled NIU president beset by calls for possible ouster

By Michael McGrady | Jun 13, 2017

Government watchdogs, legislators and the media are questioning the continued tenure of Northern Illinois University's president in the wake of an investigation that determined he had mismanaged the university.

Former NIU officer accused of ordering emails deleted

By Michael McGrady | Jun 7, 2017

Nancy Suttenfield, a former interim chief financial officer at Northern Illinois University (NIU), ordered her staff to “delete your emails to me to protect yourself,” according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).

Freshmen legislators vent frustration at failure of budget deal

By Michael McGrady | Jun 1, 2017

Many freshmen lawmakers say the crash and burn they saw on Wednesday night came about because the Democrats don't know how to drive.

Freshmen legislators vent frustration at failure of budget deal

By Michael McGrady | Jun 1, 2017

Many freshmen lawmakers say the crash and burn they saw on Wednesday night came about because the Democrats don't know how to drive.

Manar attacks Kankakee Times for publishing school funding numbers

By Michael McGrady | May 26, 2017

Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) is demanding a state investigation after the Kankakee Times reported on the anticipated district-by-district financial impact of his Senate Bill 1, which promises to change the state's formula for dispensing money to public schools.