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ABILENE — The first of Ikes 2021 virtual book club series is scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12. The program is free and open to the public and will be offered online or by phone. Community members can join this program as if they were meeting friends in a cozy café or living room with a glass of wine, even if they have not read the book. Januarys book selection is "Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth" by Sarah Smarsh. Her memoir was an ...

and last updated 2020-12-15 08:51:59-05 Jeff from Aurora writes, “Whats driving you crazy? Why are I-225 and I-270 officially interstates? They barely span between counties, let alone states.” This is an interesting question, Jeff, as you could say the same thing about the interstate highways in Hawaii or Alaska. The interstate designation really has more to do with the uniform geometric and construction standards for a particular highway more than if they connect between states. Acco...

Chicago, milwaukee, minneapolis. the interstate system is a breeding grounds for opioids and i talk to my kids about this all the time. you have to make good choices, and your choices have consequences. and if one child changes their mind because they see my tears or they understand what my familys had to go through because of somebody elses bad choices, then its worth my time. and its worth my effort and its worth my tears. because my kids are worth that. all of them. >> tell me more about nath...

Knew about it. >> i have had too many student funerals i have had to go to. we are a gateway between chicago, milwaukee, minneapolis. the interstate system is a breeding grounds for opoids. i talk to my kids about this all the time. you have to make good choices, and your choices have consequences. and if one child changes their mind because they see my tears or they understand what my family has had to go through because of somebody elses bad choices, then its worth my time. and its worth my ef...

The relationship is attend. i dont blame them. i blame our past leaders. no reason this should happen. no reason we should have big trade deficits with every country in the world. ive gone beyond the g7. there is no reason for this was the fault of the people who preceded me. im not -- going back a long way. going back 50 years. it got worse and worse. we used to be a nation that was unbelievably cash flow oriented. had no debt of any consequence and build a highway system, the interstate system...

Is it needed? >> well, certainly its needed. americas one big pothole. im back here in my hometown of peoria, and i can tell you this brutal winter has absolutely devastated and decimated the roads and bridges not only in central illinois but all across america. we need a transportation bill, but more than anything else, we need the money to pay for it. and the idea that the money is going to come from the states are local governments, theyre broke, they dont have any money. and what ive been pr...

To give money to people to socialize the risk that they take and i dont want to socialize the risk. there are things you can do to build bridges, to build tunnels, to build things using private capital that are good. we see the top-down model of investment here in new york city in the subway. that aint working too well here. i would also point out in 2009 in the stimulus, we threw $105 billion at infrastructure. barack obama described it at the time as the largest investment in infrastructure si...

From their situations in homes in low-lying areas there and on the i-80 the big thorough fare that takes you from northern california around the sierra nevada, its a huge interstate system, a massive rock slide the size of a football field was in place there. the bad part about all this, again, is that more rain is on the way. it will start in earnest once again tonight, 100% solid precipitation which could spell more disaster for people especially after that first big punch that we had last nig...

What if you can get the tax off of that? safe bonds, good way to pay for it. when i was governor we rebuilt our interstate system under budget and ahead of schedule. and you see that in another way. >> another way. that is a great way to view it as well.