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2003
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SAMUEL K. GOVE
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PAST ISSUES
September
2003
A cop's prosecutor:
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald takes crime fighting personally
June
2003
Getting there:
Finding the cash to go to college is Turning out to be almost
as tough as attending the classes
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
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October 2003
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
PROFILE
No
easy job by
Stephanie Zimmermann
Illinois’ child welfare agency faces daunting challenges. But the new Children and Family Services director has fresh strategies.
GUEST
ESSAY
Spotlight on children
by Margaret Berglind
The welfare of Illinois children will require communication and cooperation.
PROFILE
A
friendly force
by Daniel C. Vock
The
new Department of Corrections director is personable and practical.
He’s more comfortable looking for solutions than problems.
Scripts
for the poor
by Aaron Chambers
Psychotropic meds are among the state’s top drug buys. They’re expensive, but experts say they save money in the long run.
GUEST
ESSAY
Spotlight
on business by Douglas L. Whitley
The compact between government and the private sector requires
continual maintenance as economic factors change.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
More
power to the states. But
do governors and lawmakers really want it?
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
Lawmakers
could revisit the state’s
new fee structure. The courts certainly will
BRIEFLY
- GOV'S
ACTION
- ON
THE WING: Saving the swamp metalmark
- Health
insurance costs surge
- Ethics
package in negotiations
- Federal
education law riles teachers’ union
- PRESSBOX
- UPDATES
- BOOKSHELF:
Press reissues a classic in early Illinois history
- A
show fit for a farmer
- REPORTS
- Indexing
crime
PEOPLE
- U.S.
attorney tapped
- OBIT:
Anne Zimmerman
- SHIFT
AT THE TOP: Brenda Holmes, Dennis Vicchiarelli, James DeMunno,
Douglas Stevenson
- Scandal
by the number
- Senate
hopefuls
- The
Samuel K. Gove Legislative Internship Hall of Fame
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Local
officials now must comply with a federal mandate for election
reform
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