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PUBLICATIONS
2004
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2003
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SAMUEL K. GOVE
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE
INTERNSHIP
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PAST ISSUES
December
2003
Perspectives:
Do mass markets diminish choices in art and culture?
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.
More past issues
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January 2004
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Scoring
points
by Dave McKinney
Gov. Rod Blagojevich shoots his message into Illinois living rooms.
At the end of the first quarter, he’s still got game. How’s
he governing?
Running
to the right by
Lynn Sweet
The winner of the Republican U.S. Senate primary will have to
garner name recognition and prove electability.
Building
from the base by
Eric Krol
The winner of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary will have to
grab the biggest coalition of disparate interests.
SNAPSHOTS
Legislative
action
by Daniel C. Vock and Margaret Schroeder
Lawmakers
approved financial incentives to keep juveniles out of state lockup.
They may reconsider regulating the payday loan industry.
GUEST
ESSAY
Bold stroke by Cynthia Canary
Illinois graduated from being one of the least-regulated states
to one with a comprehensive system of ethical mandates.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Paul
Simon was the real deal
in an era of made-for-TV politicians
BRIEFLY
- Bush
lifts tariffs as Alton steel mill opens
- SHERIDAN
REOPENS: An effort to reduce recidivism
- Judicial
pay hike debate continues despite ruling
- PRAIRIE
PARTHENON: Saving a one-of-a-kind barn
- GALENA
TRAIL: Road improvements build on history
- PRESSBOX
- Most
voters pan amendment to prohibit gay marriage
- Council
weighs long term care problemst
- UPDATE:
The Farnsworth House will stay in Plano.
- Candidates
subject to finance reforms
PEOPLE
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Let’s
reflect for a moment
on the lives of two extraordinary men
QUOTABLE
"I
guess you could say
I decided that it was cheaper
than a divorce."
—Longtime
Republican powerhouse William Cellini speaking to the Springfield
State Journal-Register about his decision to terminate his lobbying
business at the Illinois Capitol. A conflict-of-interest provision
of the ethics reform law approved by lawmakers in their fall session
prohibits lobbyists, and their spouses, from serving on most state
boards and commissions. Julie Cellini chairs the board of trustees
of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which oversees the
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. She spent years
as a volunteer helping to establish that library in Springfield.
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