Saturday, July 11, 2015

WIU Braces for Budget Cuts - EMILY BOYER, Peoria Public Radio

Western Illinois University is preparing to cut $4 million out of its budget for the fiscal year that began last week, despite continued uncertainty in Springfield. Budget Director Matt Bierman said the university plans save money by reducing operational costs, realigning a department, and through attrition. “We’ve done everything we can all along to protect our employees to shield them from any hurt, any active employees. That becomes harder and harder as we move forward and there will be a few places where we reduce staff as part of this particular process,” Bierman said. http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/wiu-braces-budget-cuts