The state of Illinois had $17 million to spend, with requests for $67 million,

The Colorado River is extremely important to the state of Arizona. When other states begin to make noises about threatening Arizona's supply, I think the whole state needs to get involved.

We've come a long, long way. We haven't killed a coal miner in a state of Illinois coal mine for two consecutive years.

Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.

Illinois has always been proactive in mine safety and it is very important that we as a state continue to look at new procedures ... to ensure our miners are as safe as they can be.

There's not a lot of teams around the state of Illinois that can say they have that type schedule left. We have it (tough schedule) for a reason. We want to be tournament tested and tournament ready.