I was in the state legislature. We were often sold the lottery and other kinds of gambling revenue as helping our schools and in Illinois supposedly for education.
Janice Schakowsky: “I was in the state legislature. We were often sold the lottery and other kinds of gambling revenue as helping our…”
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Schakowsky reflects on the misleading promises of gambling revenue for education.
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