Illinois Issues
VOL. III, NO. 2/ FEBRUARY 1977
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
3/Open meetings act: When should the doors close?
/ Ed Nash
6/Pollution Control Board: Surviving the shakedown
/ William Lambrecht
10/How to get your project funded by the Illinois Arts Council
/ Cordelia Burpee
11/Six women mayors: Aware of the problems, relishing the challenges
/ Clarice Stetter
14/Student trustees: Should they have full voting rights on university boards?
/ "No" by Lilburn H. Horton, Jr.and "Yes" by Mary McDonough Brady
18/Growing old in Illinois: Prospects and illusions
after 65
/ Gari Lesnoff-Caravaglia
21/Sunset laws: Limited lifespan for state agencies?
/ Tony Licata
COLUMNS
30/Chicago — Judge Power loses retention, but it
wasn't the first time Daley lost a judge
/ Charles B. Cleveland
31/Washington — Intergovernmental Personnel Act:
Unions want a share of training grants
/Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OF THE STATE
24/Daley: The aftermath
FOR THE RECORD
25/Legislative Action: The line wasn't held on spending
26/Executive Report
27/Judicial Rulings: Attorney general vindicated
FEATURES
5/Selected State Reports
9/Property crimes increase; violent crimes drop
23/Book Review: Explaining the legislative process
/ Paul Neal, Jr.
29/Names
32/Calendar
ART CREDITS/Ed Dyson, Springfield commercial artist, designed this month's cover which appears again on page 21. The illustration on page 5 for the open meetings story and the page 19 adaption of John Tenniel's Alice in Wonder- land illustrations are also his work. Free-lance artist Joyce Ann Furman of Springfield designed the group portrait of six Illinois women mayors on page 19.
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Publisher/editor: William L. Day
The Board
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Associate editor: J. M. (Mike) Lennon
Editorial assistant: Margaret S. Knoepfle
Contributing editors: Leon S. Cohen Stephanie Cole
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