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PAST ISSUES
September 2004
Under lock and key: Gun control is a loaded issue this campaign season and many politicians are aiming to keep it out of reach
July/August 2004
Preservation arts:
Photographers capture natural Illinois
June 2004
Labor friendly:
The governor is good to workers. Unless he’s their boss.
May 2004
Latino power:
A rising population is pushing political change.
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 population
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
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October 2004
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Star power Analysis by Pat Guinane
While Barack Obama played the role of media darling during the Democratic National Convention, Republican Alan Keyes seems to possess an innate ability to attract headlines. Sound bites are overshadowing substance in the U.S. Senate campaign.
No room for error Analysis by Christopher Wills
The GOP hopes to chip away at Democratic majorities in the legislature. And they’re counting on ultra-conservative Alan Keyes to energize some Republican voters without repulsing others
Surprise spotlight by Eric Krol
The 8th District contest quickly evolved into Illinois’ most closely watched congressional race.
MORE ELECTION COVERAGE FROM ILLINOIS ISSUES SEPTEMBER 2004 ISSUE:
All eyes on the Fifth by Kevin McDermott
The debate over medical malpractice reforms has drawn national attention to Illinois’ lone Supreme Court race.
SNAPSHOTS
Building blocs
by Theresa Grimaldi Olsen, Jennifer Halperin &
Stephanie Zimmermann
Successful campaigns nail down the bases, & then stack up the interest groups
Let it be
by Edward Felker
Though the federal welfare law expired two years ago, Congress isn’t in a hurry to rewrite it. And that’s fine with officials in Illinois.
ILLINOIS ISSUES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Retrospectives
Three decades of public affairs journalism
PART 1: Welfare reform, Tax caps, and Capital punishment
PART 2: Patronage rulings, Cutback Amendment, Judicial subdistricts
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Illinois’ U.S. Senate race
offers voters a choice and an echo
STATE
OF THE STATE by Pat Guinane
The gap in presidential preference
is so slight uncounted votes could decide the contest
BRIEFLY
- PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY OPENS ITS DOORS AT LAST: A conversation with Richard Norton Smith
- TOLL RIDE PRICE HIKES:
But plan would spare prepaid drivers
- GOVERNOR'S ACTION: Meth, Sex offenders, Public records, Trucking fees, State property, Work-zone speeding, Volunteer firefighters
- FEDERAL RULE CHANGE: Nonprofits may have trouble getting loans
- ONLINE HISTORY: Law enables research on insured slaves
- POVERTY STATS: Big Latino population may be reason Illinois is hit harder than most states
- Legislative loose ends
- REPORT: States look to pooling plans to cut drug costs
- REPORT: Illinois economy more
dependent on immigrant workers
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Plans to reach students
PEOPLE
- STATE REP INDICTED: Patricia Bailey, Aaron
Patterson
- HISTORIC AGENCY HAS NEW DIRECTOR: Robert Coomer Jr., Maynard Crossland
- REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT, WIFE, STAFFERS INDICTED: Barry Kohl, Janine Kohl, Mary Ann Adams, Suzanne Willmore
- QUOTABLES
- NEW STATE ED BOARD: Brenda Holmes, Andrea Brown, David Fields, Ed Geppert, Chris Ward, Dean Clark, Joyce Karon,
- GAMING PANEL EXITS: Elzie Higginbottom, Violet Clark
- OBITS: Lutrelle ”Lu” Palmer
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Public confidence in the judiciary
goes down as campaign rhetoric gets nastier
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