Columns
Politics
Bears don't merit top billing on the legislature's fall agenda
Charles N. Wheeler III________6
The State of the State
It's 'devolution' time. Do you know who your state legislator is?
Jennifer Halperin________8
Your Turn
Affirmative action: Those for and against are missing the big picture
Abdul-Hakim Shabazz_______38
A View from the Suburbs
In U.S. Senate race, GOP casts Al Salvi as another right-wing annoyance
Madeleine Doubek_______42
More features
The Farm Bill means a harvest of change
Edward Field ______ 17
Burying a loved one can be a nightmare
Terry Bibo ______ 20
Our oldest cemeteries save the prairie
Tara McAndrew ______ 22
Champaign has an alternative school
Erin E. Reep ______ 27
State moves toward alternative schools
Michael Hawthorne ______ 28
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Departments
A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki________3
Innovations
River otter program endangered
Beverley Scobell________4
Books
The 'myth' about a Mormon leader
Bill Knight_______33
A new history bibliography
Robert M. Sutton _______35
Book briefs
Peter Ellertsen_______35
State Stix
Affirmative 'action'?
Brian Lee _______36
Letters_______37
Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert_______39
State Reports
Anna J. Merritt_______39
People
Beverley Scobell_______40
Esprit de Pol
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