NOVEMBER 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 11
Established 1975
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Contents
6 East St. Louis: treadmill to oblivion
By Ben Dobbin
SERIES ON SOIL
12 A 'resource out of place'
By James Krohe Jr.
19 HUMANITIES ESSAYS
Media giants in the information marketplace
By Doris A. Graber
23 Rev. George Zarris: Moral Majority leader in Illinois
By Robert McClory
27 What's it like to work for the General Assembly?
By Patrick O 'Grady
29 Up front: interviews with three legislative staffers
By Patrick O 'Grady
2 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
Putting the Lt. Gov. to work
4 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Remapping: the decennial poker game
18 BOOK REVIEW By Dona Gerson
Byrne's Irish-Catholic roots
36 CHICAGO By Miltone Rakove
The view from Paris
37 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
How block grants stack up
38 SCIENCE By John W. Ahlen
Science legislation still on the table
39 THE ROSTRUM By Mary Martindale
Our missing Americans
32 Speaking up for the kids
11 SELECTED STATE REPORTS
32 LETTERS
33 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Murder conviction test of parent's fitness/Affirmative action ruling against Kodak/Union members not involved in strike eligible for UI benefits
34 EXECUTIVE REPORT
Prenatal and child health care/Suit against Metro East Sanitary District
34 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
34 STATE STIX
34 NAMES
Philip elected; Schuneman, Olson sworn in
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