Welcome, everybody. Great to have you with us today for conversation. Education, the right. What were going to dig into is at a time when there is evident polarization, enormous polarization across the country, fierce debate about many issues, education is no different, whether were talking about what we see in college and on ■;colle campuses are fights about policies over Critical Race Theory and school and School Choice. In k12, how to tackle challenges in childhood. We enormous energy in terms the right versus versus the■ left ad what the sides should be for part of the challenge here is that on the right as mike and i talk about right, the right has often been at explaining what were against or whats than sketching vision, what were for, what we want to about today is how the right has gotten to this point on education, where this point and what a principled conservative vision of educational should look like going forward. When we talk about early education, todays event is go
Pritzker. He also addresses increase of Asylum Seekers and migrants into the state and criticized Texas Governor greg abbott for busing migrants to major cities all over the country without warning. This is just under an hour. [applause]■i members and guests, the honorable governor of this great state the honorableb pritsker. [applause]■a [applause] thank you very much. Thank you all very much speaker welch, president harmon, Lieutenant Governor members to have 103rd General Assembly, chief justice tice and, of course, all the members of the supreme guests, the first lady of illinois, my soulmate mk. [appla] and all the people of the great state of illinois, i am so grateful to be here today to deliver my sixth state of the state and budget address. I love my job, i love living in illinois and spendingveworking f our residents in a world seemingly filled with chaos its a privilege to bringing stability and progress. We live in the state thats filled with people decency and here in
Support for Military Spouses and families. Thousands of Companies Big and small have had Great Success at hiring veterans in the past decade. As most of you know before i came to congress i ran a familyowned trucking business and had the pleasure of knowing, we hired people from world war ii that worked hard most of their lives, korean war, vietnam war, and continued the tradition. When veterans applied for the positions, i always made sure to give them the opportunities to thrive, as did my grandfather and father. As a veteran myself, i knew that the service ingrained in the veterans does not just go away when they take off the uniform. They possess exceptional teambuilding skills and are highly trusted by colleagues in the workplace. We have seen this firsthand the way a veteran higher can benefit any business over 3 million americans are employed and together these companies contribute to the economy. An incredible investment over 74 of businesses are founded by a veteran rather tha
Hes happy. Abraham is just one of at least 34,000 Oakland Unified School district students in one of the districts 77 elementary, middle and school highs ready to learn just a week earlier than other districts in the bay area. Coming just 2 1 2 months after a sevenday strike back in may forced Oakland Unified School district students to be out of class more than a week, but eventually an agreement with the Teachers Union and district was reached and students were able to get back to class. Now its a new school year, a fresh start for many students. Oh, my god, im so proud of you. Reporter superintendent Kyla Johnson Trammell says thats exactly why everyone is coming back to school today, including her, who we joined at recess. Im just excited school is starting. I think you can feel the energy, kids being excited to be back. You can just see all of the staff just doing their thing to set expectations and build community. Reporter a goal she says is related to the ongoing Recovery Proce
Support for Military Spouses and families. Thousands of Companies Big and small have had Great Success at hiring veterans in the past decade. As most of you know before i came to congress i ran a familyowned trucking business and had the pleasure of knowing, we hired people from world war ii that worked hard most of their lives, korean war, vietnam war, and continued the tradition. When veterans applied for the positions, i always made sure to give them the opportunities to thrive, as did my grandfather and father. As a veteran myself, i knew that the service ingrained in the veterans does not just go away when they take off the uniform. They possess exceptional teambuilding skills and are highly trusted by colleagues in the workplace. We have seen this firsthand the way a veteran higher can benefit any business over 3 million americans are employed and together these companies contribute to the economy. An incredible investment over 74 of businesses are founded by a veteran rather tha