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PAST ISSUES
April
2002
Risky business: Illinois' biotech industry will need venture capital and great minds. What can government do to foster this entrepreneural culture?
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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May 2002
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Terrorism’s
cost hits home
by Aaron Chambers
Illinois municipalities from Chicago to Fairview Heights are stretching local budgets to combat potential attacks.
SPOTLIGHT
Senior
Rx by Maura Webber
Illinois’ new program aims to help elderly pay for medicine.
Peter
to Paul? by Kristy Eckert
Politicians and educators begin negotiations on school spending.
Reality
bites by Anthony Man
The federal stimulus plan hits state and local budgets.
Political
angels by John Kelly
Members of an exclusive club of givers stay behind the scenes.
BOOKS
Trust
and antitrust by Rodd Whelpley
Illinois
baseball fans can accept the chance to evaluate the front office
Accident
and design by Robert Kuhn McGregor
Planning the planet’s environmental future is little more than guesswork.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
A
bucket of courage will be needed
to bail out the state budget
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
Illinois
agencies are
on the alert for cyberterrorism
BRIEFLY
- LEGI
CHECKLIST
- Governor's
political fund faces corruption charges
- Scandal
by the number: Operation Safe Road
- EXCERPT—Feds'
allegations against the political fund
- Q&A—Ronald
Allen on racketeering
- CONGRESSIONAL
CLOUT—Illinois loses, tiny town gains
- Walk
through Wright
- Building
books
-
FILM STAR—Producer puts bad guy's life on film
PEOPLE
- BIG
Jim on Campus—Thompson to speak to U of I grads
- Illinois loses school expert—John Maitland
- President
on board for U.S. attorney—Jan Paul Miller
- New
chief at Commerce Commission—Kevin Wright
A
VIEW FROM THE METRO EAST by Patrick E. Gauen
Lisa
Madigan is not the first
to rise with a father’s help
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
It’s
budget crunch time. Is there
a statesman in Illinois government?
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