Morning Conversation
11:40 am
Mon June 25, 2012

Poshard: Budget Pains

SIU President Glenn Poshard

In the weeks since Illinois lawmakers passed a budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1, agencies and organizations which receive state funds have been working on how to do more with less.

Jobs will be lost, and some services are ending.

That includes in Higher Education, where Southern Illinois University is facing a more than 6% cut in state funding. The school's President, Glenn Poshard, talked with WSIU Radio's Jennifer Fuller about what the next year might hold.