Chicago State campus on the west side?

Well I already linked to this article to highlight Ald. Lyle's comments regarding a capital bill, but this should be known as well:

Before bolting from Springfield Monday morning, Democrats and Republicans took out their knives and participated in what has become a tradition: carving up a fortune in pork-barrel projects around the state.

But instead of having to pick from the state's regular budget as they have in recent years, lawmakers this year had an even larger plate to pull from after passing a massive public works spending plan.

The new pot of money allowed lawmakers to approve $3.1 billion in projects, which varied from $50,000 for a firetruck in Rockford to $40 million for a Chicago State University campus to be built somewhere on the city's West Side.

In sheer size, the number of projects being funded was vast. There's a gazebo in Willowbrook, two separate war memorials, millions for YMCAs, even a new roof at a Catholic church in Plainfield. The bill detailing all of the work was 972 pages long.
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"We're building new schools, parks and roads with this," said Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-Chicago). "These are things the state needs and people need. I don't call it pork. I call it helping people."

Hendon said he was most proud of the $40 million for the Chicago State campus, because the West Side, which he represents, now has only Malcolm X College of Chicago.

But Hendon said it's still undecided exactly where the campus is going to be located.

I look forward to hearing more about Chicago State's future expansion, especially since it has already been funded.