 The money came from the $28.3 billion public works plan approved in
the closing weeks of the General Assembly. Gov. Pat Quinn has said
he won't sign the capital construction bill until a balanced budget
is passed.
The money allowed lawmakers to approve $3.1 billion in projects,
from which they took $500 million.
Among the projects favored by legislators was $40 million for the
construction of a Chicago State University campus on the city's West
Side. Democratic Sen. Rickey Hendon said the campus is needed in an
area with only a junior college.
House Minority Leader Tom Cross was able to obtain $150,000 so
that a baseball complex in Shorewood will get lights for night
games.
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