Rebecca Rausch
Rebecca Rausch
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The governor thinks Tim Martin is the right guy to lead that agency.
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The governor meets thousands and thousands of people every year, takes pictures with many of them and unfortunately just can't remember every person he encounters. He does not recall meeting Sister Muhammad and, by extension, was not aware of her religious affiliation.
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The governor is committed to passing a capital bill and we think this bill that we are talking about leaves little room for excuses to not to consider this plan. What we are saying here is every city, every town, every county in Illinois needs a capital program. They have school needs, they have road needs, they have mass transit needs and they need jobs. This bill addresses all of those areas. We think this is a bill that both sides of the aisle should seriously consider for the health and the benefit of their districts.
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The governor hasn't ruled anything out, but I would characterize that as a distant option.
good process
It was a good meeting. This is a process of give and take.
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It was a good meeting. They made some initial progress, agreed to meet again, and learned the House speaker, Senate president and governor are not that far apart.
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It was a good meeting. The leaders are not that far apart.
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We had been discussing with them, answering questions, but didn't know the attorney general would be issuing an opinion today.
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We're doing everything we can to pass it. We feel very strongly about the ban.
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What we're talking about here isn't keno for the sake of keno. It's keno for the sake of school construction. We have a very specific need out there. We have schools that in some cases are deteriorating and crumbling that need our help. This is the way to pay for it.
budget budgets process
The budget is a process of give and take.
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This is a game of chance that is considered a lottery game. The lottery has specific abilities and they wouldn't have the ability to do video poker for instance.
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Patti was able to work much more this year than she has in recent years, ... For one, she wasn't pregnant and she didn't have a newborn at home.
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He has demonstrated a strong commitment to ISU. He works in the best interest of the university.