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Uncle Sam's pocket: Where there's federal cash the states choose to follow
October
2005
Coming or going? Comfortable and reliable passenger trains used to run in Illinois, and they might again if Congress quits arguing about Amtrak and starts talking about trains.
September
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Pipe dream? States try to snuff out meth on their own
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Like five wise old sisters, the inland seas have stories to tell and lessons to teach
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2005
No Secrets: Someone knows more about you than you know they know
May
2005
Paul Simon ESSAY
Civic Virtues: Moral imperatives grounded in religion call us out of ourselves
April
2005
Baby's about to retire: The "youth generation" is going gray, creating a new image of senior citizens and a fresh set of complications in the workforce.
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2005
Bioethics: The beginning and end of life
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2005
The New World of Work: Retooling, Outsourcing and Downsizing
January
2005
Planning for Illinois Future:
Why can't politicians behave like the work-for-tomorrow ant instead of the live-in-the-moment grasshopper?
December
2004
Postmodern past:
In the new millennium, historical interpreters search for new ways to reach a point-and-click generation
November
2004
Hard times:
When the economy takes a dive, smaller towns take a bigger hit.
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FEATURE
Culture cash
by Pat Guinane
Illinois' spending for the arts has held steady in tight times. How that sounds depends on who's listening.
Space to create
by Beverley Scobell
Artist are the first gentrifiers. That may be good for communities, but it's not always good for artists.
Conceptual stretch
by Dan Guillory
Culturally savvy and technologically hip, universities nurture art that leapfrogs distinctions.
PHOTO ESSAY
Institutional by the editors
Public buildings emerge as art objects when framed by Scott Fortino's perspective.
Q&A
Shirley Madigan
by Barbara Ferrara
The Illinois Arts Council chair is the 2005 winner of the Motorola Excellence in Public Service Award.
EDITOR'S
NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Illinois Issues critiques a decade
of culture
STATE
OF THE STATE by Pat Guinane
Problems at Central Management Services contribute to a credibility deficit
BRIEFLY
Arts education wanes in Illinois
Painter portrays the beauty of bugs
Professor has perfect timing with a new book on Nobel winner
ART MEETS SCIENCE
Computers teach the arts some new tricks
Web site acts as a high-tech resource for Chicago artists
Collegiate artists called for contest
Sculpture garden
PEORIA'S PLAN
Unity creates state's largest private museum
UIUC prof guides HIV/AIDS patients in art expression
PEOPLE
IBHE has a new chief
Judy Erwin
Writers donate works to UIUC's library
SUIC author says it's too soon to write rock's obit
Trumpet player Davis jazzes up UIC faculty
Gallery gets new leader
DEPARTURES
Lee Daniels, Jan Paul Miller and Timothy Bramlet
HONORS AND AWARDS
Lisa Madigan, Kica Matos and Anne Winters
ENDS
AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Lawmakers got inoculated in time for the campaign season
ILLINOIS ISSUES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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PART 2: Patronage rulings, Cutback Amendment, Judicial subdistricts
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