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PUBLICATIONS
2003
Roster
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Government
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SAMUEL K. GOVE
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE
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PAST ISSUES
October
2003
Two new directors tackle two tough agencies:
Bryan Samuels director of Children and Family Services and Roger
Walker Director of Corrections
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
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November 2003
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
College
costs by Aaron Chambers
Do the states still want to support public institutions of higher
learning?
Ethical
dilemma by Dave McKinney
Illinoisans care about public corruption. Can state politicians set aside egos and follow the public’s cue?
ESSAY
Bellwether
or deviate
by John S. Jackson
Illinois was a leading edge state in presidential politics over the last century. Will we be a lagging indicator in this one?
ESSAY
Memory
and history by
Phillip Shaw Paludan
Why it’s necessary to understand Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president.
CITYSCAPES
Dialogue
on design by Daniel C. Vock
Chicagoans are talking architecture again. And critic Blair Kamin’s is the loudest voice
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Turow’s
new book on the death penalty
makes timely reading for the veto session
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
What,
me worry?
The governor is happy with his first budget
BRIEFLY
- Weather
report: Wooly winter forecast
- Harvest:
Good news and bad
- Online
sales: State joins suit to collect
- Learn
and vote
- THEY'LL
BE BACK: A veto checklist
- Medicaid
spending: States stem costs
- YOU
BETCHA!
- New
blueprint: Economic development
- Health
insurance: Coverage gap widens
- Poverty
on the rise
- Election
reports: State parties could help circumvent McCain-Feingold
- Affordable
housing: Panel to write plan
- Maryville
Academy: Home sorts out new role
- HEALTH
BULLETIN: Work hazards, Tobacco dollars, West Nile cases
PEOPLE
- NO
LONGER ACTING: Eastern president gets two-year contract
- OBIT:
Robert Egan, Bernard Neistein, Danny Day
- UNDER
WRAPS : The portrait of George Ryan
- Honors
and awards
- NOBEL
PRIZES: Illinois wins big
- Q&A:
James Joyce
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
The
governor’s draftsmanship
is getting poor reviews from lawmakers
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