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2006 BILL MILLER PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING
HALL OF FAME — November 13, 2006
FEATURES
Women in prison by Bethany Carson
Mothers can learn to parent from behind bars, but they'll still have to go home.
Homespun news by Stephanie Zimmermann
Community journalism may be agile enough to avoid being snared in the web or gobbled up by conglomerates.
Elect, indict, repeat
by Brian J. Gaines
Will democracy, Illinois style, ever change?
Misguided markers by James Krohe Jr.
Public whim, the free market and other haphazard forces drive decisions about which roadside sites to designate as history
Wetlands by Mike Lemke and Keith Miller
Rebirth in a large river floodplain creates a vast laboratory for learning.
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Is Illinois ready for reform yet?
If so, here are a few thoughts
STATE OF THE STATE by Bethany Carson
Push-and-pull politics could carry over into the new General Assembly
BRIEFLY
SPOTLIGHT
New lawmakers in the 95th General Assembly
GOP
Out with the old
LEGISLATIVE CHECKLIST
Minimum wage, Legislative pay, Electricity rates, Local taxes, Sec offenders
Judges' libel award may test limits of free press
UPDATES
BIOETHICS
Humanities council project opens talks
New state university president set to start
NEW LAW
Railroad crossing get video monitors
Illinois' 2006
Crime Index
New law aims to lock consumers' identities
PEOPLE
U.S. rep candidate named to run vet's agency
Administration seeks new DCFS director
SHIFTS AT THE TOP
Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Shelia Nix, Louanner Peters, Bob Arya, and Andrew Davis.
OBITS
Margaret "Marge" Mell and William Rutherford Sr.
HONORS
Chuck Hartke, Dave Dailey, and richard Powers
Court Docket
ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
The 95th General Assembly will get a chance to expand health insurance coverage
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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