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Finances Topic Of Interest In Conversation With NIU, Illinois Officials

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Illinois State Comptroller Leslie Munger and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin will meet with Northern Illinois University officials today to discuss financial matters.

Munger, a Republican appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner, will discuss dealing with the state’s budget crisis at 1:30 p.m. She also will visit Waubonsee College this morning.

Durbin, the Number Two Democrat in the U.S. Senate, will talk about proposed legislation to ensure funding for research at 2:30 p.m.

Durbin is making earlier stops at the Whiteside Area Career Center in Sterling and the Rock Island Arsenal.

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