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Lundquist and Safety Community help agencies go through that. There is a Police Accreditation coalition that brings tremendous resources. Some organizations do not have the capacity to support accreditation itself. Those help to help shepherd organizations. Should we require departments to develop a plan to reach accreditation . It is a pretty good the sort of Gold Standard of policing, that they aspire to. But should we rather than just encourage it, should we consider some system where we require departments at least to articulate a plan to get this way . I think a requirement is important, ...

Year. The last longterm bill we passed with safetealu in 2005. That was 10 years ago and that bill was underfunded because of the resistance of raising the gasoline tax or identifying new revenue sources. For over a decade we have failed to address the funding challenges necessary to break the cycle of underinvestment and put this country back on a competitive path with the rest of the world. Today we spend about 1. 7 of g. D. P. On infrastructure while china spends 9 , europe 4. 5 to 5 . We used to spend 4. 5 to 5 also. There is a 800 million backlog. Public transit has an 6 billion backlog o...

A Strong Economy relies on fairness and inclusion. And if we follow this, we will do three things. Create more jobs and deliver stronger education and build an economy that works for everyone. Of course, Economic Growth starts with jobs. Recovery began in january of 2010 and illinois has added 280,000 private sector jobs. Unemployment was at 11. 3 at the height of the great recession. Today it is at its lowest point in almost five years. Since last may billina has led the midwest and new jobs created. With the strong support of the Illinois Retail merchandise association, we reformed the Worke...

While were on the subject of Public Safety, im once again asking this legislature to repeal the dangerous law that gives drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. [ applause ] weve seen several fraud operations busted recently. Just last year, an elaborate scheme was uncovered in eastern new mexico where hundreds of drivers licenses were sold to illegal immigrants. The ringleader bragged that he made 30,000 a month. Ive put forward a strong compromise to repeal this law and still allow driving privileges for dreamers. Its time to act. The legislature should do what the overwhelming majority of n...

Expensive programs can be difficult to offer and maintain, especially for Smaller School districts. I cannot overstate the importance of these programs. C t e programs are closely aligned with our states Workforce Needs from welding and machining to health care and Information Technology to engineering in biosciences. These programs give Students Experience so that they understand these are not dirty jobs but opportunities to work with the latest Technology Hands on an even Higher Education opportunities are available after high school right here in south dakota and our universities and Techni...