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Illinois official's letter, not law, key to road work
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration says a cabinet member's pledge is the key to making a road-construction boost work this spring. Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider's letter to a top Senate Democrat promises not to divert as much money from road building as a state law Quinn signed Thursday directs. The $1.5 billion supplemental appropriation includes a $675 million addition of highway and bridge construction this spring. The plan depends on taking $125 million from the road fund to pay for state employee health insurance. The law allows a diversion of $176 million — a significant dent in a five-year road plan. Schneider's letter promises to spend only the $125 million for health care. Senate Republicans complained the bill is flawed and rushed through. ___ The bill is HB190. Online: http://www.ilga.gov 
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1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
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