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LETTERS
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PUBLICATIONS
2002
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PAST ISSUES
March
2002
He who filches your good name: Identity theft isn't likely to lighten
your purse by much, but you could spend years rebuilding your reputation.
That's why it's the top consumer complaint. Corporate and political
leaders are taking note
February
2002
Political
kaleidoscope:
The new legislative map reflects shifts in Illinois’
population, but Democrats hope they’ve also crafted a partisan realignment
in the state Senate
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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April 2002
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Risky
business
by Aaron Chambers
Illinois’ biotech industry will need venture capital and great minds.
What can government do to foster this entrepreneurial culture?
How
fast is this train coming?
by Charlie Schlenker
Rail planners have long dreamed of high speed passenger service
in the Midwest. But the plan rests on shaky financial and political foundations
Rough
ride
by Daniel C. Vock
Amtrak could pick up a few tips
from Illinois’ other major rail service
Budget
cuts put family gains at risk
by Maura Webber
A slowing economy threatens to erode the advances in public policy
that have given children from Illinois’ low-income families
a better chance to succeed
SNAPSHOTS
Story
problems
Officials struggle to calculate the financial and social costs
of not putting enough good teachers into Illinois schools and
keeping them there. Meanwhile, suburban educators use fancy accounting
methods to pay the bills
Mobile
minority
by Kristy Eckert
Midwestern teachers of color switch schools more often than
white colleagues
Certified teachers
by Kevin McDermott
Illinois’ goals for quality teachers are contradictory
Tax capped
by John Patterson
Some suburban schools have been forced to use fancy accounting
methods to pay the bills
ESSAY
by James Krohe Jr.
Storm
warnings
The
weather in a world altered by greenhouse gases won’t be simply
like today’s, only warmer
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Illinois
Issues offers a few
talking points for the coming months
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
The
threat posed by heroin
is growing in the Chicago region
BRIEFLY
- Deforestation
in Mexico threatens Illinois' state insect
- HARD
CHOICES—Groups suggest state budget alternatives
- Legi
checklist
- BOOKSHELF—Creating
the Lincoln icon
- RISING
STAR—A coal company reclaims nature
PEOPLE
- BIG
PEOPLE ON CAMPUS—Alvin Goldfarb
- Executive commutations?
- Scandal
by the number
- CAMPAIGN
CASH—How much did the top statewide candidates raise?
A
VIEW FROM THE SUBURBS by Robert Davis
The
mayor has a few more R’s
to deal with in his efforts to improve schools
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
Old-fashioned
politicking can
still trump media-based campaigns
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