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Risinger: Special Sessions a Waste
A local lawmaker says he had a suspicion that the special sessions in Springfield this week wouldn't be too beneficial -- and he was right.

37th District State Senator Dale Risinger says, for one, he was none too pleased having to be in Springfield waiting for Wednesday's Special Session to happen, since it was Democrat Day at the Illinois State Fair.

The Peoria Republican says for another, even though the House passed a very small capital construction package, taking care of the bigger picture apparently just isn't in the cards.

"And I'm asking the Democrats what do we have to do? Do we have to have a disaster like we had in Minneapolis, where a bridge fell in and people were killed before we do something in the state of Illinios?"

Risinger, retired from the Illinois Department of Transportation after being an engineer there, says he's frustrated by the lack of action on a major capital spending bill.

He says he's fed up with it, and he knows his constituents are, too.
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