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September 2001
CURRENT ISSUE
FEATURES
Working
without a net
by Curtis Lawrence
Illinois has made strides in welfare reform. But with less than a year before the clock runs out, the most difficult challenges lie ahead.
Growing
pains
by Lisa Kernek
One
small Illinois River town is at the forefront of a national demographic
trend. And while the rising Hispanic population has delivered
economic gains, it also has brought social change.
Cutting
edge
by Daniel C. Vock
Illinois
is poised to buy a glass house. Experts say it’s unusual for the
public to preserve modern architecture. Yet, if the sale goes
through, this state will own two of the most famous houses built
in the 20th century.
SCHOOL
NOTES
Schools
aren’t just for kids
by Ken O’Brien
Educators
are rethinking and redesigning school buildings, transforming
them for wider public use
ESSAY
Sony
Field anyone?
by Alf Siewers
The
bottom line in the debate over remaking the Bears stadium is neither
architectural nor ecological. It’s global
CONVERSATION
WITH THE PUBLISHER by Ed Wojcicki
Read
about yourself: active, educated, influential
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Illinoisans
are on the front lines in a national revolution to reform welfare
STATE
OF THE STATE by Aaron Chambers
Medicaid
is eating up a greater share of the states’ budgets
BRIEFLY
by Rodd Whelpley
- RYAN
CHOOSES ONE TERM—Illinois’ 39th governor may be remembered
for his grand-scale style
- Three
decades of public service—timeline
- Focus
on conservation—Federal ag law debate under way
- THE
GOV WANNABES
- Remap
redux—Pols pass the buck to Lady Luck
- Blooms
a boon in the fight against lead poisoning
- Bovine
beauty
- GOVERNOR'S
ACTION
- Census
2000—How Illinois stacks up
- UPDATES—Ecology
and art
- WEBSOURCE—Is
welfare to work working?
Go
to Briefly
PEOPLE
by Rodd Whelpley
- New
rep and senator set to join state legislature
- Federal
nominations and appointments
- Illinoisan
Tapped
- New
leaders at EPA and Mines and Minerals
- New
players on the Gaming Board
- BIG
PEOPLE ON CAMPUS
- TRANSITIONS
- SHIFTS
AT THE TOP
- OBITS—William
Clark, Gale Cincotta, Fred Tuerk
Go to People
A
VIEW FROM THE SUBURBS by Madeleine Doubek
The
GOP suburban lineup
POLITICS
by Charles N. Wheeler III
George
Ryan’s departure
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