We don't have any money allocated for that. I feel bad for parents who work until 5 or 6 and won't be able to see their kids play.

That's not always the way the real world works.

Graduation rates, dropout rates are one of the things we're judged on.

I worked (for) Coles County for 14 years and typically we'd use millings for shoulder work. I suggested the idea and it took some cooperation between the city, the engineering office, city's street crews and Howell Asphalt to make it happen.

As long as we have material to use, we can work in another alley (project).

Putting Gulf Coast businesses back to work, including the largest employer in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana, is an essential step in putting the region and its citizens' lives back together.