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PAST ISSUES
November
2003
Capitol Action:
Much is at stake as lawmakers head into veto session
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
More past issues

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December 2003
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Who
reads what and why? Essay
by Dan Guillory
Books have been demystified by the corporate culture, interest in the Internet and the allure of the local Wal-Mart.
PHOTO
ESSAY
in
context
The largest collection of contemporary Illinois art is in danger
of losing its home.
PROFILES
Illinois
originals
by Peg Kowalczyk, Jamie Fetty and Marcia Frellick
Glassblower.
Maskmaker. Sculptors in molten metal and cloth.
McRadio?
by Aaron Chambers
Clear
Channel owns the most stations in the country. Critics argue the
company is tuning out local voices.
Q&A
Stanley
Fish by Beverley Scobell
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Who
really chooses
what we read, hear and see?
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
A
colorful way with words helps
politicians craft image in this sound bite age
BRIEFLY
- Making
movies: Film office seeks extension on breaks
- Youth
arts groups win national awards
- Cuts
mean artists get fewer shots at grants
- A
sampler Cultural calendar
- Illinois
State Museum: Natural history exhibit moves to completion
- Q&A:
Michael Wiant
- MUSIC
SHARING: Illinois Internet providers hold back customer info
- Native
writer honored
PEOPLE
- GOODBYE
TO THE BUREAU CHIEF AARON CHAMBERS
- SHIFTS:
Michael Fenger, and Ester Lopez
- OBITS:
Corinne Michel, Stanley Weaver, Irv Kupcinet, David Wirsing,
Bill Miller
- APPOINTMENTS:
John Philip Novak, Andrea Moore, G. Tanner Girard, Thomas Johnson,
Nichyolas Melas, Jackie Gallagher, Michael Hade, Charles Hernandez,
Rex Piper and Letitia Taylor
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
This
month the Capital City
will witness a biennial holiday rite
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