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Collective action: As unions continue to gain power in Illinois' public sector, they face their toughest battle yet for health care
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Token support: Coin-strapped downstate systems plan an alternate route
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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
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Lost opportunity by Kevin McDermott
An inability to work together has stymied Democratic attempts to create change in Springfield.
Spirit of '68 by Kristy Kennedy
An earlier time sparked a different sort of student activism, but today's youth still have messages to get across.
Unsettled debate by Bethany Jaeger
Doctors and lawyers wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide whether the state's 2005 medical malpractice reforms are constitutional.
Wanna be a judge? by Abdon Pallasch
It's not always what they know that gets candidates on the ballots it's whom they know.
Cash crunch by Patrick O'Brien
Illinois college students are caught between universities 'rising costs and the state's declining funds.
EDITOR'S NOTES by Dana Heupel
Diversity of candidates may be behind bigger turnouts
STATE OF THE STATE by Bethany Carson
New Americans could become new voters if they can earn citizenship first
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South Side heron holds its ground against odds
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A world-class athlete
Feds recast future of FutureGen
Mold damages rare book collection
Does the public need another pipeline?
Association mandates drug testing in high-school championships
Stage is set of Korean War museum
Rural health connections
Schools go organic
NIU goes to Mexico
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ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Has there been a tectonic shift in regional party strength in Illinois?
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