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| Contents |
April 1989 |
Illinois Issues |
Vol. XV No. 4
Established 1975 |
9 Illinois toll highways: Will they ever be freeways?
Thomas J. Lee
12 Thompson's no-income-tax-increase budget: Precursor to another campaign?
Michael D. Klemens
15 Cook County Hospital plan: One step toward better health care?
Nina Burleigh
18 For God, family and freedom: the conservative mission of The Rockford Institute
Wolf D. Fuhrig
Columns
4 Politics
Budget opens with long foul Charles N. Wheeler III
6 The state of the State
Stalemate at the Statehouse: the governor v. the speaker Michael D. Klemens
26 The Rostrum
And now a word from Janus: 'the state of education' John E. Corbally
28 The Pulse
Incumbent races closer than they appear Nick Panagakis
30 Chicago
The final race for Chicago Mayor – til 1991 Ed McManus
Departments
5 State Reports Anna J. Merritt
8 State Stix
World drug trade Margaret S. Knoepfle
22 Legislative Action
Workers' compensation heads back to Mansion Michael D. Klemens
24 Judicial Rulings F. Mark Siebert
25 Names
25 Book Reviews
Chicago '68 Dan Walker
SPECIAL PULL-OUT CENTER SECTION
Illinois Issues
1989 Roster of State Government Officials
Cover illustrations: Pictured is a late-winter scene of westbound traffic stopping at the Des Plaines toll booths on the Northwest Tollway, I-90. The photographer is David C. Tonge.
The four-color cover illustrations are made possible by a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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