Quinn formally appeals FEMA decision

  

March 16, 2012 (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) (WLS) -- Gov. Pat Quinn is formally appealing FEMA's decision to deny aid to downstate counties devastated by tornadoes.

Tornadoes in southern Illinois Feb. 29, killed seven people.

FEMA said it denied the aid because it thought grants, insurance and other funds would be enough to pay for the damage.

That Quinn and other Illinois lawmakers. Illinois was one of three Midwest states denied federal assistance after that tornado outbreak.

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