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With state appropriations nearly the same as a year ago and the institution still reeling from $2.4 million in cuts to state funding since 2014, Northwestern Oklahoma State University has submitted to the Regional University System of Oklahoma its Fiscal Year 2019 budget.

The budget was unanimously approved by the RUSO regents and now goes to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education next week for final approval.

Northwestern will operate with a budget of $26,571,067, an amount about 2.6 percent more than last year.

Tuition and mandatory fees will increase by 4.9 percent beginning in the...