Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois
Illinois Issues
April 1983 VOL. IX NO. 4
Established 1975
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April 1983 |
Illinois Issues |
Vol. IX No. 4
Established 1975 |

5 Ikenberry of Illinois: working to stop the 'slide'
By Casey Banas
9 Thompson's tax hike: the reasons and the politics
By Charles N. Wheeler III

15 Washington's victory: divide and conquer
By Paul M. Green

27 A look at Love's labors
By Robert J. McClory
2 THE STATE OE THE STATE By Diane Ross
Interest groups take sides on taxes
4 POLITICS By Barbara J. Hipsman and Bob Springer
Temperatures down prices up
26 SCIENCE By Charlene J. Denys
Toxic substances in the workplace
31 BOOK REVIEW By Anna J. Merritt
Ordinary people, everyday events
32 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Nora Newman Jurgens
■ Session agenda: debts and deficits
■ Senate leadership posts; committee assignments
40 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Views v. news
42 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
First bills in the hopper from delegation
43 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
The key to Byrne's undoing
21 ILLINOIS ISSUES 1982 INDEX JUDICIAL RULINGS
35 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Sweeping clean the rules on particulate emissions/The varied views of justices on death penalty procedure/Domestic violence act is constitutional/Eligibility for supervision in misdemeanor cases/Policemen and polygraphs/Abortion clinic's patients identified for grand jury/Du Page County squabbles over courtroom space
36 EXECUTIVE REPORT
Illinois' newest amendment: no bail for serious offenses/IHC grants go to projects around the state
37 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS/ STATE STIX
38 NAMES
44 Lincoln Academy laureates
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