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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.
March 2006
Over the top: Illinoisans head the national debate over money and politics
February 2006
Rating game: You got trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with V for video toys
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2006 BILL MILLER PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING
HALL OF FAME — November 13, 2006
FEATURES
The Illinois GOP by Aaron Chambers
puzzles over ways to rebuild.
Holding pattern by Bethany Carson
Illinois must comply with the national identification law in the next year, but the feds have yet to write the rules or promise the cash.
Slow zone by Joseph Ryan
Transportation advocates push Springfield to hike taxes for highway and transit budgets, but no top pol has climbed aboard.
Parents vs. prevention
by Deanese Williams-Harris
Illinois lawmakers weigh whether to require preteens to get vaccinated for sexually transmitted disease.
ESSAY
Postscript by James Krohe Jr.
A daughter of Illinois became a mother of feminism.
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Lawmakers face some major challenges. Already the strains are apparent
STATE OF THE STATE by Bethany Carson
The next generation of women leaders could build on existing rights, but we'll want more
BRIEFLY
Obama makes a run
BUDGET DEBATE
Report warns of a growing budget deficit
THE CRIMINAL CODE
Don't put a carcass on top of a steamboat
Air fleet costs millions
LEGISLATIVE CHECKLIST
Gaming, Ethics, Statewide smoking ban, Driving safety, Internet safety, Immigration, Abortion, Stem cell research, Universal health care
Congressman's papers to WIU
Alinsky group papers to UIC
HABITAT
Federal grant will help control invasive species
SUBSIDY STUDY
Wealthy Illinois areas get more state grants
Lawmakers reconsider education and tax reform
UPDATES
Chicago nonprofits tackle global warming
WOMEN'S HISTORY
A Civil War soldier's house to return home
PEOPLE
Q&A
Margaret Blackshere
GOVERNOR'S TEAM
A woman heads the state budget office
Ginger Ostro
Other shifts at the top
Milt Sees, Timothy Martin, Catherine Shannon,
Art Ludwig, DeShana Forney, Kelly King Dibble
OBITS
Charlotte Reid
Higher education policymaker named
Carrie Hightman
UPDATES
ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
Would an earlier primary give Illinois a greater say in the party nominees?
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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