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November 2005
Uncle Sam's pocket: Where there's federal cash the states choose to follow

October 2005
Coming or going? Comfortable and reliable passenger trains used to run in Illinois, and they might again if Congress quits arguing about Amtrak and starts talking about trains.

September 2005
Pipe dream? States try to snuff out meth on their own

July/August 2005
Like five wise old sisters, the inland seas have stories to tell and lessons to teach

June 2005
No Secrets: Someone knows more about you than you know they know

May 2005
Paul Simon ESSAY

Civic Virtues: Moral imperatives grounded in religion call us out of ourselves

April 2005
Baby's about to retire: The "youth generation" is going gray, creating a new image of senior citizens and a fresh set of complications in the workforce.

March 2005
Bioethics: The beginning and end of life

February 2005
The New World of Work: Retooling, Outsourcing and Downsizing

January 2005
Planning for Illinois Future:
Why can't politicians behave like the work-for-tomorrow ant instead of the live-in-the-moment grasshopper?

December 2004
Postmodern past:
In the new millennium, historical interpreters search for new ways to reach a point-and-click generation

November 2004
Hard times:
When the economy takes a dive, smaller towns take a bigger hit.



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Illinois Issues Celebrated its 30th Anniversary
September 30, 2005
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FEATURE

Culture cash by Pat Guinane
Illinois' spending for the arts has held steady in tight times. How that sounds depends on who's listening.

Space to create by Beverley Scobell
Artist are the first gentrifiers. That may be good for communities, but it's not always good for artists.

Conceptual stretch by Dan Guillory
Culturally savvy and technologically hip, universities nurture art that leapfrogs distinctions.

PHOTO ESSAY

Institutional by the editors
Public buildings emerge as art objects when framed by Scott Fortino's perspective.

Q&A

Shirley Madigan by Barbara Ferrara
The Illinois Arts Council chair is the 2005 winner of the Motorola Excellence in Public Service Award.

EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long

Illinois Issues critiques a decade
of culture

STATE OF THE STATE by Pat Guinane

Problems at Central Management Services contribute to a credibility deficit

BRIEFLY

Arts education wanes in Illinois

Painter portrays the beauty of bugs

Professor has perfect timing with a new book on Nobel winner

ART MEETS SCIENCE
Computers teach the arts some new tricks

Web site acts as a high-tech resource for Chicago artists

Collegiate artists called for contest

Sculpture garden

PEORIA'S PLAN
Unity creates state's largest private museum

UIUC prof guides HIV/AIDS patients in art expression

PEOPLE

IBHE has a new chief
Judy Erwin

Writers donate works to UIUC's library

SUIC author says it's too soon to write rock's obit

Trumpet player Davis jazzes up UIC faculty

Gallery gets new leader

DEPARTURES
Lee Daniels, Jan Paul Miller and Timothy Bramlet

HONORS AND AWARDS
Lisa Madigan, Kica Matos and Anne Winters

ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III

Lawmakers got inoculated in time for the campaign season

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
PART 3: Energy resources, Water commerce, Economic subsidies
PART 4: Editorial cartoons, Public art, Political fiction, Classic architecture, Web literature

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