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PAST ISSUES
June
2002
Hard
time :
Illinois is among those states looking for ways to downsize a prison industry that has been on a growth curve for more than three decades
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
More past
issues
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July/August 2002
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Back
to the atom
by Daniel C. Vock
Nuclear plants have been too expensive to build. Now a convergence of factors means such ambitious projects might be viable again.
On
the prairie:
restoring our heritage Photographs
by Chris Young
The
power of the soybean
by Aaron Chambers
Though the diesel engine was designed to run on vegetable oil, it’s most often powered by petroleum. But that’s changing. And farmers stand to gain.
Plugging
into nature
by Joseph Andrew Carrier
Sun, wind and grasses, not to mention animal wastes, could make Illinois a leader in the development of renewable energy.
BOOKS
The imperial
science by Robert Kuhn McGregor
Stephen Forbes and the Rise of American Ecology
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Thanks
to our editorial team
for another year of monthly miracles
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
Trapping
and selling animals
is part of a great Illinois tradition
BRIEFLY
- Turtle
proofing the tracks
- Illinois
farmers could be part of the state’s energy solution
- UPDATE—Atkins
v.Virginia
- Cemetery
cleanup restores our heritage
- PILOT
PROJECT—Powering with corn
- If
at first ... Governor calls special budget session
PEOPLE
A
VIEW FROM THE CHICAGO by Robert Davis
Chicago embarks on one of the biggest environmental challenges
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
Illinois
legislators faced up to fiscal reality just in time for the new
year
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