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SAMUEL K. GOVE
ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE
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PAST ISSUES
January
2004
How's
he governing? At the end of the first quarter he's got game
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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.
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February 2004
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Entitlements
and the economy
by Maura Webber
Health and pension benefits once provided a lifetime link between employer and employee. But some companies are using red ink to rewrite that connection.
Trade
wars by
Dori Meinert
The European Union has threatened sanctions if the United States doesn’t end a federal tax break for exporters. Thousands of Illinois jobs are at stake. And Congress is running out of time.
Canadian
Rx? by
Daniel C. Vock
The rising price of drugs has put pressure on officials to legalize
purchase of medicines north of the border. But it’s unlikely the
move would solve the problem.
Campaign
dart game
by Pat Guinane
As the legislative session gets under way, partisans are looking to score political marks.But being a re-election target isn’t all bad.
Q
& A
A
primer on polling
by Peggy Boyer Long
It’s
the campaign season. Here are some tips on making sense of the
polls.
ESSAY
Lincoln
and race by Stacy Pratt McDermott
The Great Emancipator didn’t advocate racial equality. Was he
a racist?
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Part
of our responsibility as citizens is to understand the polls for
what they are
BRIEFLY
- LEGI
CHECKLIST
- ETHANOL:
Illinois farmers want feds to pass stalled energy bill
- GRANT
AWARDED: More excavation planned for Free Frank’s town site
- OPERATION
SAFE ROAD: Ex-governor goes to trial next year
- Slow
march to recovery
- CENSUS
REPORTS: Child suport payments, Family spending
- NCSL
NOTES: Here’s how the states stand on same-sex marriage, State-level
party control, Off-brand sales cost states tobacco settlement
money
- Vaccine
shortage: Flu season hits Illinois with a vengeance, Children
and the media
- GRADING THE STATES
No Child Left Behind
- Poll’s support for Medicare reform slips when respondents get more information
PEOPLE
- Q
& A: Kevin Stein - Illinois'
Poet Laureate Kevin Stein
- Fitzgerald
heads CIA probe—Patrick Fitzgerald
- LINCOLN
LIBRARY Edgar leads foundation—Jim Edgar
- Miss
America wants to be Miss Illinois Bush Delegate—Erika Harold,
Carol Moseley Braun, Howard Dean
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
The
governor’s attack on a constitutional entity was unprecedented
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