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Columns
Politics
Is the state's glass half full or half empty?
Charles N. Wheeler III ______ 6
The State of the State
Illinois faces prospect of dual voting system
Bill Knight _____________ 8
Your Turn
Legislative session could have been worse for Chicago, sort of
Amy Albright ____________ 40
A View from the Suburbs
GOP leaders satisfy their constituents with a low-fat legislative diet
Madeleine Doubek_________ 42
Cover illustration: The illustration on the front cover is the Gensburg-Markham Prairie, located southwest of the Chicago Loop. The watercolor of the blazing star in bloom during late summer was done by Stan Adams from a photo by Ron Panzer. The back cover photo by Marlin Roos came to us courtesy of the Illinois State Museum.
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Departments
A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki ____________ 3
Innovations
Building the future by rebuilding the past
Beverley Scobell _________ 4
Special Summer Book Section
Edited by Judith Everson _____ 24
State Stix
Medicaid myths
Donald Sevener __________ 33
People
Beverley Scobell and Scott Soumokil ________ 34
Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert___________ 36
State Reports
Anna J. Merritt ___________ 36
Letters _________________ 38
Esprit de Pol ____ see back cover
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