Illinois Issues
Est. 1975 APRIL 1982 VOL. VIII, NO. 4
ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The magazine's board is appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. In addition to subscription income the magazine is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University, and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of either university, the Ford Foundation or other donors.
Publisher: J. Michael Lennon
Editor: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle,
Richard J. Shereikis
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Diane Ross
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia
L. Woolridge, Cynthia L. Konold
Pat Karlak
The Board
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute
of Government and Public Affairs, University
of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Thomas F. Roeser, vice
president-government relations, The
Quaker Oats Company, Chicago
John N. Collins, director, Center for
Policy Studies and Program Evaluation,
Sangamon State University, Springfield
William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield
Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan
Institute, University of Chicago
David Kenney, director, Illinois Department
of Conservation, Springfield
James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen &
Co., Chicago
Louis H. Masotti, director, Center for Urban
Affairs, Northwestern University,
Evanston
Odas Nicholson, lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Institute of Government and
Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
James T. Otis, lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism,
University of Illinois, Urbana
Betsy Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois
Bell Telephone Co., Chicago
Gerald H. Pugh, vice president and director of
government relations, Combined Insurance
Company of America, Chicago
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, lawyer,
Kankakee
Carl Shier, international representative, Region
4, United Auto Workers
Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president,
Canteen Corporation, Chicago
James M. Wall, editor, Christian Century,
Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, lawyer, Chicago
James C. Worthy, professor of management.
Northwestern University
J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member
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Contents
6The New Congressional Districts
By Robert Mackay
10Redistricting '81: A Democratic Decade?
By Charles N. Wheeler III
20Synfuels form Coal:
What Went Wrong?
By James Krohe Jr.
25Should Illinois take the Initiative?
By David H. Everson and Joan A. Parker
2 POLITICS By Barbara J. Hipsman and Bob Springer
Politics first, Reaganomics next
4 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Cheryl Frank
Too much grain, not much policy
9 BOOK REVIEW By Anna J. Merritt
Were they the good old days?
30 SCIENCE By Christopher Clampitt
Death Defining Acts
31 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Cheryl Frank
Oversigh or Insight
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37THE MEDIA ByTom Littlewood
Explaining energy pricing: an unmet demand
38CHICAGOBy Ed McManus
Primary Forecast: it's snow again
39WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
The New Federalism: Waiting for Answers
LETTERS__________5
SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______ 9
JUDICIAL RULINGS__________33
EXECUTIVE REPORT_____________34
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS_____________34
STATES STIX_____________35
NAMES_____________35
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