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PUBLICATIONS
2002
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PAST ISSUES
May
2002
Terorism's cost hits home: State and local governments are building an expansive network to combat potential attacks. How far they go depends on money
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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June 2002
CURRENT ISSUE
A Guest Commentary
Submitted by Governor George H. Ryan (See
News)
FEATURES
Hard
time
by Tim Landis
Illinois is among those states looking for ways to downsize a prison industry that has been on a growth curve.
Deadly
equation
by Daniel C. Vock
The decision to seek the death penalty is greatly affected
by where the murder occurs and the race of the victim.
PROFILE
Matthew Bettenhausen
by Aaron Chambers
He’s a central figure in some of the state’s most contentious issues, including efforts to reform the death penalty system.
GUEST
ESSAY
Cruel
and unusual by Andrea D. Lyon
Illinois should ban executions of the mentally retarded.
Mothers
who murderby Stephanie Zimmermann
Is a woman who kills her own children mentally ill?
In the child’s best interestby Kevin McDermott
What can be done to make the custody system quicker, fairer and
less traumatic for the children who go through it?
HOPE
MEADOWS
One
small answer by Maureen F. McKinney
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Crises
could spur creative thinking in state
corrections policies. Or not
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
The
future of Illinois' death penalty system
is now in lawmakers' hands
BRIEFLY
- LEGI
CHECKLIST
- LEGISLATIVE
MAP—GOP loses another round
- REPORTS—Panel calls for growth planning
- Study
finds college less affordable
- Congressional
Dems detail higher ed cuts
- Whoopers
return
- PUBLIC
ART—Teaching outside the classroom
- State
moves to prevent deer wasting disease
-
4-H celebrates a birthday
PEOPLE
- A
woman will head the state's high court—Mary Ann McMorrow
- Chief
justice will retire early—Moses Harrison
- U.S.
attorney confirmed—Jan Paul Miller
- LINCOLN
HONORS—2002 Lincoln Laureates
Bernard
Shaw
James
Stewart
Herman Schaalman
Frank Considine
Lou Conte
Jack Greenberg
- APPOINTMENTS—Corn-to-fuel
plant names manager—Rod Bothast
A
VIEW FROM THE SUBURBS by Madeleine Doubek
Peter
Fitzgerald picks his way
through the dark labyrinth of politics
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
Lawmakers'
summer vacation
could be over almost before it starts
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