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May 2007
Burning question: How to help the poor? The answer might be found in the stories and the voices of Illinoisans who themselves live in the poorest communities in the state
April 2007
Grim prognosis: Illinois' fiscal health is in a sorry state
March 2007
The Illinois GOP puzzles over ways to rebuild
February 2007
Obama: He puts ethics on the agenda
January 2007
Women in prison:
Mothers can learn to parent from behind bars, but they'll still have to go home.
December 2006
Art and ethnicity: Illinois' culture is a vivid tapestry woven by a multitude of artists whose ethnicity is central to their work
November 2006
Who would want to run? Has elected office become so onerous that it threatens the quality of American governance? The answers are not reassuring
October 2006
Energy: Alternative sources are subject to prevailing political winds
September 2006
Left behind: Young black and male
July/August 2006
Renewal: Disturbed land can return to its natural state and we can learn from the transformation
June 2006
Fallout: States face a fraying lifeline
May 2006
Higher and higher:
With no respite in sight from rising fuel prices, policy makers face increasing pressure to find solutions
April 2006
Whose rights?
No matter how the U.S. Supreme Court reacts to Roe, other jurisdictions have reframed the abortion debate to focus on the status of the fetus.
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Hudson Essay
Freight gridlock by Joseph Ryan
The complications of a solution are as real as the consequences of inaction.
Risk management by Bethany Carson
Should the public or the private sector assume the responsibility of supplying power to Illinoisans
Financial trap by Deanese Williams-Harris
As more scam artisits take advantage of unsuspecting borrowers, mortgage foreclosures are increasing at record rates.
Guest Essay
A matter of character by Paul Craig
When politicians use their office and its power to advantage someone, they seldom ask who is being disadvantaged.
Books Essay
Arrington's army by Christopher Wills
Strategies in leadership come in many shapes and taxes
Books Essay
The wind, as always by Robert Kuhn McGregor
Air currents are what sew the world together. Whatever human beings do, the wind carries the news and the consequences.
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Two books, two lives, describe the past. They might also explain the present
STATE OF THE STATE by Bethany Carson
A 37-member majority may not be as super as it first appears
BRIEFLY
EMERGENCE 2007
17-year cicadas spark intrigue and study
Catch cicada mania
LEGISLATIVE CHECKLIST
Statewide smoking ban, Primary elections, Horse meat ban, Gaming, Immigrant drivers, Ethics reform, Judicial funding, Tax reform, Criminal code, Cash assistance, HIV testing, DUI roadside markers, Iraq war escalation, Civil unions
THE GOVERNOR'S WISH LIST
Revenue, Education, Health care, Road and School construction
Critics say state is slow on death penalty follow-up
NEWS BITE
Student loan industry under scrutiny
DNA evidence is key to exonerations
STUDENT EMMYS
Chicago summer program film wins
TOURISM
Allerton Park, the hidden treasure of the Seven Wonders
Software helps spot fraud quicker
COMMUNITIES
New handbook offers advice to local governments
June dairy month
PEOPLE
Conservation Foundation's new leader
AWARDS
Vern Kleen, Kenneth Russell, Wayne Herndon
OBIT
Rolland Tipsword
Former Chicago Schools chief off to New Orleans
IMSA president retires to stir global innovation
UPDATE
Christopher Koch
ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Growing population and shifting demographics should cheer Illinois Republicans
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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