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PAST ISSUES
May
2003
Crunch time:
Do you know where your lawmakers are?
April
2003
Down to the core:
The rotten economy is eating school budgets. As more districts
go bankrupt, will the state help?
March
2003
Out of hiding:
Poverty is on the rise in Illinois and increasingly visible.
It can no longer be overlooked
February
2003
It's the economy, Gov. Blagojevich:
Will Illinois' new chief executive be good or bad for Illinois
business?
January
2003
Executive Decisions:
Rod
Blagojevich won his race for governor handily. Now he has primary
responsibility for eliminating the state’s red ink.
December
2002
Spotlight
on the Capitol:
Springfield welcomes a new governor and General
Assembly
November
2002
Ryan's
paradox:
In a caloric tragedy, the protagonist's character
always prefigures his fall
October
2002
Executive
suite:
The race is on to become the 40th Illinoisan
to move into the governor’s office
September
2002
U.S.
House Speaker J. Dennis hastert is running against history
July/August
2002
On
the Prairie:
restoring our heritage
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
More past issues
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June 2003
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Getting
there by
Bethany K. Warner
Finding the cash to go to college is turning out to be almost as tough as attending the classes.
A
future mortgaged
by Aaron Chambers
The governor’s bonding plan counts on future investment income. That’s always risky.
The
advocate is in
by Stephanie Zimmermann
Illinois’ new top doc is known more for his skill at reaching underserved communities than his political savvy
BOOKS
The
Future of Life
by Joseph Andrew Carrier
GUEST
ESSAY
When
help helps
by Dan A. Lewis
Having found a way to reward work, let’s not balance the budget
on the backs of the poor.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Ethics
seem to be on the agenda. But, remember, our roster of political
scoundrels dates to statehood
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
The
story of Peter Fitzgerald’s political
legacy depends on the narrator’s perspective
BRIEFLY
- PATERNITY
RIGHTS: States move against fraud
- REPORTS:
Child welfare
- Workers'
comp panel shake-up
- LEGI
CHECKLIST
- Smallpox
vaccination carries new warning
- Mosquito
trackers
- FISH
ADVISORY: Watch what you eat
- SARS:
Hysteria is its own health emergency
PEOPLE
- GLIMPSES:
Anita Bedell
- SHIFTS
AT THE TOP:
Bryan Samuels, Charles Hartke, Bill Grunloh, Roger Walker Jr.,
and Ernesto Velasco
- DEPARTURE:
Watlter Dudycz
- PHILIP
REPLACES: Ray Soden was tapped to replace James "Pate"
Philip.
- PRESS
NOTES: Laurie Ann Hoffman, Lonnie Bunch, Elizabeth Smith, and
Doug Donenfeld.
- APPOINTMENTS:
Zaldwaynaka "Z" Scott, John Mitola, Art Philip, George
Pradel, Frank Clark, David Andalcio, Donald Gasparini, Erin
O'Connell-Diaz, andd Ruth Kretschmer.
A
VIEW FROM METRO EAST by Robert Davis
Chicago has a long way to go to get the reputation it deserves,
or at least the one it wants
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
The
governor was a cheerful optimist as
he took a victory lap after the session ended
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