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
May 1983 VOL. IX NO. 5
Established 1975
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Contents |
May 1983 |
Illinois Issues |
Vol. IX No. 5
Established 1975 |

6 The ascension of Michael Madigan
By Diane Ross

12 Thompson's budget: pain for all
By Diane Ross
16 Telecommunications: the search for perfect connections
By Don Sevener

20 Money for roads and mass transit: It takes some to get more
By Nora Newman Jurgens
2 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
Chicago's new mayor needs to refocus city politics
4 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Thompson squares off with Chamber of Commerce
24 BOOK REVIEWS
The web of government By Richard B. Ogilvie
James Howard and the Farm Bureau By Gordon Billingsley
26 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
■ Unemployment insurance reform: the long road to solvency By Diane Ross
■ RTA chairman's salary: $97,500 is too much By Nora Newman Jurgens
36 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
The revolution is over: Evolution begins
37 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
A bigger bang for our buck
38 The Rostrum By Dorothy O'Neil
LWV calls for higher taxes with tax relief
15 LETTERS
28 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Limited delegation of power upheld in Emergency Budget Act/Municipal utility tax upheld; consumer utility tax is not/Respect for life outweighs cost of supporting it/Death sentence upheld where issue was prosecutorial error/Legal aid funding wins court approval
31 SELECTED STATE REPORTS
32 EXECUTIVE REPORT/ STATE STIX
Private Sector Initiatives Task Force/Eight community correctional centers to close/Criminal Justice Information Authority/State bond sale and ratings
33 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
34 NAMES
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