It's a bright line in the sand for us.

Our members (are) unified around the fact that without workers who are presently here, our economy is in trouble.

In general, it was a pretty good session for business owners. I would say we made some progress this year.

We recognize that there may be other ways to measure whether students have the knowledge, but we haven't seen any that are developed and reliable. We're not supportive of any alternative that measures less than the WASL.

What we suggest is that they look at ones already in place to see if they are necessary.

I knew when he threw it that he lost the grip a little bit, ... I told him it was a great decision, and not to worry about it. Early on, many times the balls are a little slick. If he had a good grip, it would have been a completion for at least 40 yards.