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PAST ISSUES
April
2004
Deadly migration:
Chicago police are cracking down on drugs and murder. So gangs
are following the dollar signs to suburbs and small towns.
March
2004
Global classroom:
Educators search for new ways to teach Illinois' increasingly
diverse school poplulation
February
2004
The economy:
Some companies are using red ink to rewrite worker benefits
January
2004
How's
he governing? At the end of the first quarter he's got game
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?
More past
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May 2004
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Latino
power by Daniel C. Vock
A rising population is pushing political change.
Civic validation by
Veronica Gonzalez
Illinois is once again a land of immigrants. What should we do
to help?
Click
here for spanish version of this story
Road
warrior by
Pat Guinane
A political battle is brewing over the governor’s transportation
policies.
Risky
math
by Kate Clements
Solving state pension underfunding will affect Illinois taxpayers
for decades.
Fiscal
Band-Aids
by Bethany Carson
Can
the state afford more than a temporary fix for Illinois’ school
budgets?
Brain
drain
by Marcia Frellick
Math
and science educators aren’t reaching future citizens.
GUEST ESSAY
Cultural capital
by Lonnie Bunch
There is no stronger investment than Illinois’ museums.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Race
and wealth still determine a child’s chance at a good education
STATE
OF THE STATE by Pat Guinane
The
administration wants to buy school health insurance in bulk. But
some districts may balk
BRIEFLY
PEOPLE
- HONORS
AND AWARDS: Michael Beschloss, David Broder, Harry Crisp II,
George Ranney Jr., Studes Terkel, and Ernest Wish
- APPOINTMENTS:
Eric Holder Jr.
- BIG PEOPLE
ON CAMPUS: Al Bowman, Richard Herman
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Gov.
Rod Blagojevich has taken state borrowing to all-time heights
Illinois
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