FEATURES
16 Senator Peter Fitzgerald by Lynn Sweet
Why he's the lead in an unfolding Illinois Republican soap opera.
23 Checking up on prison health care
by Ryan Keith
What kind of services should the state provide for inmates? And what can the state afford? Illinois isn't the only state wrestling with this dilemma.
Spotlight on Medicaid
26 Who's taking the hit. by Dave McKinney
28 Why costs have gone up. by Tony Cappasso
29 What's next. by Dori Meinert
A remap primer
30 The ultimate political puzzle by Michael McDonald
Credits: Our cover photograph of U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald was taken in Washington, D.C., by Lauren Shay. She also took the photographs that illustrate the story. A free-lancer, Shay teaches visual journalism in the Washington, D. C., bureau of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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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 Aaron Chambers Some moratorium sticking points
8 Briefly
by Rodd Whelpley
34 People
by Rodd Whelpley
36 Letters
37 A View from Chicago
by James Ylisela Jr.
An airport deal?
38 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
The moratorium wins applause.
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