It was one of his real joys. He was constantly working towards protecting them.

The income base of the state as a whole is growing fairly well.

[Workers] are gravitating toward places of their choosing, ... Twenty years ago I'd say, 'I can't eat the scenery.' Today I can.

Companies try to be mean and tight from a staffing perspective,

If you come here in 15 years, ... the places you'll want to go will be the places that managed it right. Some will and some won't.

It's hard. It's a tough world. The cost crunches for a business are health care and those other extras that we work for,