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JOB OPENING
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/Unit
Director
LETTERS
To the editor
PUBLICATIONS
2002
Roster
of
State
Government
Officials
SAMUEL
K. GOVE
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE
INTERNSHIP
Hall
of Fame
BROWSE
PAST ISSUES
January
2002
Hot property:
There
are seven major bids on the Executive Mansion this election season.
December
2001
Imagine Illinois:
Art reflects the landscape and the people
November
2001
Fertile
or fallow: What's on the horizon for farmers?
October
2001
The
new immigrants: An increasing number of families plot their route
to the American Dream by way of Illinois' suburbs and small towns
September
2001
Working
without a net: Illinois has made strides in welfare reform, but
challenges lie ahead
Jul/Aug
2001
Political
waters: Change in course? There's a price in draining wetlands and
restraining rivers
More past
issues
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February 2002
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Political
kaleidoscope
by Aaron Chambers
The new legislative map reflects shifts in Illinois’ population, but Democrats hope they’ve also crafted a partisan realignment in the state Senate.
Squeeze play
by Kurt Erickson
Southern Illinois was forced to give the most ground on the new congressional map. As a result, voters in that region will face a high-profile showdown between two incumbent U.S. representatives.
Emergency landing
by Stephanie Zimmermann
Terrorism critically damaged an already crippled airlines industry. This crucial sector of Illinois’ economy will lift off again, but flight conditions won’t be the same.
SPOTLIGHT
by Tim Landis
Lucky numbers?
Business has picked up at the Illinois Lottery. Can it last? Nothing is a sure bet in the competitive gaming industry.
SPOTLIGHT
by Bill Knight
What’s the big secret?
Illinois requires its lawmakers to reveal less about their economic interests than most states.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Nothing
like the adrenaline
rush in a hard-fought campaign
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
Changes
at the Capitol
BRIEFLY
- READ LINCOLN
- TWO STEPS BACK—Budget cut plan stalls
- MAYORS’ SURVEY—Homelessness is up
- SUBSIDIES IN DISPUTE—Congress has yet to rewrite ag policy
- STIX—Illinoisans plan to spend despite a worsening economy
- CAHOKIA CACHE—1,000-year-old time capsule
- A NATIONAL ID?—States to cooperate
- GOP keeps hope alive—Federal court to rule on map
- KIDS COUNT 2002—Picture is rosy for the moment
PEOPLE
- RETIREMENT—Frances
Hulin
- SHIFTS
AT THE TOP—Laura Anderson, Mark McDonald
- UPDATE—Rebel
whooper killed
- Dollars
for September 11 Research
- OBIT—Michael
Bilandic
A
VIEW FROM METRO EAST by Patrick E. Gauen
Statewide,
southern Illinois
has no dog in the electoral hunt
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
One-party
legislative races
after remap counter conventional wisdom
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