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FEATURES
16 It's almost Y2K by Burney Simpson
Do you know what your government is up to?
22 Show us the money by Toby Eckert
Wringing more dollars out of the federal government
tops the state's Washington agenda.
24 Trying justice by Steve Warmbir
Seven prosecutors and sheriff 's deputies are on trial
in DuPage County. The decision in the case could make legal history.
28 Guest essay by Mike Lawrence
Take the sound bite out of crime
'Lock 'cm up and throw away the key' represents a
realistic approach to handling most violent
offenders. But it is unrealistic to employ it as
the only corrections strategy.
32 Books by Maureen F. McKinney
Fighting for child support
Illinois has won some battles, but not the war.
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DEPARTMENTS
3 Conversation
with the Publisher
by Ed Wojcicki
4 Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long
6 State of the State
by Burney Simpson
Bonds and more bonds
8 Briefly
by Rodd Whelpley
36 People
by Rodd Whelpley
40 Letters
41 A View from the Suburbs
by Madeleine Doubek
Rich Williamson is the public face
42 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
Managed care and the uninsured
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