April 4
Illinois Board of Ethics meets in
Chicago
April 9
Board of Governors of State Colleges
and Universities meets in Springfield
April 9-11
35th Annual Meeting of Illinois Public
Health Association, Ramada Inn,
Champaign
April 15
Primary Election in the 5th
Congressional District (Special
Election May 27) to fill the vacancy
caused by death of U.S. Rep. John C.
Kluczynski
Last day for filing Illinois and Federal
income tax returns
April 16
University of Illinois Board of Trustees
meets at U of I. Medical Center, Chicago
April 18
Dangerous Drugs Commission meets in
Chicago
Illinois Community College Board
meets at Illinois State University, Bloomington
April 24-27
State Convention of Illinois Federation
of Business and Professional Women's
Clubs, Marriott Hotel, Chicago
April 25-27
League of Women Voters of Illinois
State Convention at (O'Hare Inn,
Chicago
Note: Two sets of election dates apply to cities, villages, and townships. Chicago and cities other than Chicago which include in their limits one or more townships; cities in counties under township organization. which have adopted the City Election Law: villages of 50,000 or more; villages of less than 50,000 coextensive with a township; and townships — April 1 election. Cities other than the above; villages of less than 50,000 __ April 15 election.
Featured in the next issue:
Mary Lee Leahy/Lennon
The New Constitution/Lousin
Energy Budget/Hartnett
Illinois EPA/Pensoneau
128/Illinois Issues/April 1975
131/ The General Assembly and the 1970 Constitution
/Ann Lousin
134/How to buy state surplus property
/Arvid Hammers
135 / Mary Lee Leahy - lawyer, environmentalist, politician, agency director
/J. M. (Mike) Lennon
138 /Community Colleges
/J. Richard Johnston
142/Home rule in Illinois: ,No. 2. The Supreme Court's decisions
/ Stephanie Cole
145/EPA's shifting strategy in Illinois' war against pollution
/Taylor Pensoneau
COLUMNS
158 /Chicago: Alderman S imps on's Hard Assembly—political organisation of the future?
/Dan Logan
159/ Washington: Arends' retirement sets of/power struggle in Illinois delegation
/Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OE THE STATE
148/1976 budget: Spending to top $8 billion, zero ending balance
FOR THE RECORD
151/ legislative Action — SENATE raises the hurdles for ERA. HOUSE standing committees
152/Supreme Court Annual Report: Recommendations to the legislature
154 /Judicial Rulings
155/Executive Report -— GOVERNOR'S message to the General Assembly: His 36-item legislative program.
FEATURES
130 / Letters from Readers
130 /Scrap book
141/ Selected state reports
157/Names
157/'POLL' of lobbyists and legislators
160/ Calendar
Constitution v. legislature?/p. 131
129/Illinois Issues/1975