Governor Blagojevich proposes preschool for all in Fiscal Year 2007 budget
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich presented an approximately $45.4 billion operating budget plan for Fiscal Year 2007 whose centerpiece is making Illinois the only state in the nation to provide access to pre-school for every three-year-old and four-year-old child. Highlights of the Governor’s budget plan include: investing $100 million in stem cell research over five years; creating the Prairie State DNA Institute; a plan to eliminate the nursing shortage; a new program to reduce K-3 class sizes; Veterans Care: a health care program to cover uninsured veterans; new police officers; new tax credits to promote development in Illinois cities bordering major rivers and to expand the film industry in Illinois; reducing the time it takes to process applications for state licenses from 4 to 19 weeks to one to four weeks; increased funding for higher education; $400 million in new funding for K-12 education; creating a one stop service center for senior citizens; combining state agency administrative functions to improve efficiency and save money; strengthening payments into the pension systems by dedicating the proceeds from the sale of the 10th casino license to pensions; creating new prison facilities to deal specifically with the problem of addiction to methampathemine; and providing a $1,000 tax credit to students (freshmen and sophomores) with a B average attending college in Illinois.
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04/16/08 - SIU President Glenn Poshard holds a listening tour event in Metro East to support Gov. Blagojevich’s Illinois Works capital program EAST ST. LOUIS- Co-Chair of Governor Rod R. Blagojevich’s Illinois Works Coalition and President of Southern Illinois University Glenn Poshard held a listening tour event tonight in the Metro East where he heard from area families, business owners and labor leaders about how a comprehensive capital bill will benefit their community. Poshard led the discussion about Illinois Works, a $25 billion capital program proposed by Governor Blagojevich to build or rebuild critical infrastructure that would support 700,000 jobs and spur the economy in communities across the state. 03/20/08 - Gov. Blagojevich meets with Illinois Works Coalition Illinois Works Coalition launches statewide listening tour to build support for capital program Illinois Works plan to build and rebuild roads, bridges, schools and other critical infrastructure and will support more than 700,000 jobs statewide
SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today met with members of the Illinois Works Coalition, co-chaired by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard, at the Executive Mansion in Springfield following the launch of the coalition’s statewide listening tour. The Illinois Works Coalition is hosting informal discussions around the state to draw expertise from business, labor and local leaders in an effort to pass Illinois Works - Governor Blagojevich's $25 billion capital program to build or rebuild critical infrastructure that would support 700,000 jobs statewide.
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