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July/August 2007
The green way: Restore and preserve natural and cultural resources.
June 2007
Freight gridlock: The complications of a solution are as real as the consequences of inaction
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
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The outer office Analysis by Aaron Chambers
Lobbyists will be back at the rail. And likely in greater numbers.
New citizens by Maura Kelly Lannan
Talk of immigration reform is pushing a surge in applications.
Clinic in a school by Bethany Jaeger
Advocates argue school-based centers can protect students' health, improve attendance and boost academic performance, But they'll need state and federal financial support.
Confined on the outside
by Deanese Williams-Harris
Ex-offenders have struggled for decades to find jobs, but advocates say limited employment is rooted in attitudes, government funding priorities and federal law.
Miracle or threat Analysis by James Krohe Jr.
For good or ill, tax increment financing is slow redesigning Illinois' complicated but stable system of local government finance.
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
The future of journalism rests on the best of the old and the new
STATE OF THE STATE by Bethany Carson
How did we get here, and where are we headed?
BRIEFLY
Where is it?
Lincoln museum logs major gift
Scenes from a seemingly endless session
NOT THAT BAD?
Chicago scores improve in the later grades
Budget Dramatics
HOUSE HUNT
An affordable home
Education neglected
Schools go green
Illinois is slower in job growth
Charters don't cost
NIU student interns gather on their movie set
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CHANGES IN ILLINOIS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
Ex-speaker calls it quits
Central Illinoisan to retire
Ryan Conviction upheld
INDICTMENTS
Donald Snyder Jr., George Ryan, John Robinson, Larry Sims
Central Illinois lawmaker enlists
Jim Watson
From an R to a D
Paul Froehlich
Mount Prospect lawmaker to retire
Carolyn Krause
Danville lawmaker to "Step aside"
William "Bill" Black
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Dawn Defreaties, Michael Casey
NEW SPOKESWOMAN
Rikeesha Cannon
OBIT
Phillip Shaw Paludan
ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
The dysfunctional Ds set new standards for governing incompetence
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
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