State aid to schools ————————————— 4
Full funding and the resource equalizer formula
By Joyce E. Kustra
Interview with Donald L. Duster ——————— 9
Director of the Department of Business and Economic Development
By Bill Miller
Keeping Illinois warm ——————————— 12
Natural gas supply and regulation
By George Provenzano
Nursing homes —————————————— 16
Public money and private enterprise
The second of two articles by Roy Wehrle
Electronic banking ———————————— 18
Will automated tellers bring branch banking to Illinois?
By William R. Bryan
Gas tax increases? -———————————— 20
By George Provenzano
911 emergency phone number ———————21
A statewide system by 1985
By Jeffery D. Schielke
Public aid funding ———————————— 23
Shaping federal policy
The last of three installments by Martha Derthick
June 1977 / Illinois Issues / 3
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