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PAST ISSUES
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
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
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April 2007 CURRENT ISSUE • SUBSCRIBE TO ILLINOIS ISSUES
FEATURES
Grim prognosis by Charles N. Wheeler III
Illinois' fiscal health is in a sorry state.
Q&A with J. Thomas Johnson by Peggy Boyer Long
The president of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois talks with Illinois Issues about state and local tax policy.
The price of promises by Bethany Carson
As health care costs rise, the state might consider trimming the benefits it offers its own employees.
Can we make schools accountable?
by Deanese Williams-Harris
As Illinois lawmakers debate school spending, they're looking for ways to boost student achievement.
Field of dreams by Chuck Abbott
Renewable energy could grow into a lucrative harvest for market. Making that a reality is a priority for lawmakers who are overhauling U.S. farm policy this year.
EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long
Words can inform and inspire but they also can choke off thought
STATE OF THE STATE by Bethany Carson
The governor wants Illinois covered but he stops short of mandating health insurance
BRIEFLY
BRIGHT IDEAS?
Lawmakers debate rewiring electric utility deregulation
LEGISLATIVE CHECKLIST
Statewide smoking ban, HPV vaccine, Cable connections, Criminal sentencing, Death penalty reform, Drive-by shootings, Food stamps, Mammograms, Low-income tax credits, National ID cards
POLITICAL MONEY
Researcher hits state's finance laws
STEM CELLS
Growing support for state-funded research
The state is selling a hotel to cover owners; debts
REPORT
Calls to end hospital construction board
GOT WORMS?
An Illinois university tries vermicomposting
OPEN SPACE
Advocates find Illinois lags in protecting land
COMMUNITY by Beverley Scobell
Groups use federal program to prepare for emergencies
Chemical security rules attract critics
GROWING ENERGY
U of I partners in BP biosciences initiative
PEOPLE
DALEY REPRISE
Chicagoans vote for mayo9ral record
Ethics Waiver
SHIFTS AT THE TOP
Maureen O'Donnell, Paul Campell, Andrew Velasquez, William Burke, Michael Chamness, George F. Ryan, Gregory Mounts, James Sledge, and Brenda Russell
DANCING INTO HISTORY
Chief Illiniwek
Former reporter joins state health are effort: Dick Kay
ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III
The governor's rhetoric was larger than life, but reality rests in legislative language
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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