Illinois Issues

ILLINOIS ISSUES is an independent publication whose publisher/editor is selected by and responsible to a board appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. The magazine is financially assisted by a grant from the Ford Foundation and support from the universities as well as by Illinois donations and income from sale of subscriptions. The publisher/editor is a member of the faculty of Sangamon State University, but the contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of either university, the Ford Foundation, or other donors.

Publisher/editor William L. Day
Assistant editors: Caroline Gherardini,
J. M. (Mike) Lennon

Business manager: William J. Geekie
Secretary: Louise Herndon

The Board
Samuel K. Gove, University of Illinois, Urbana,

Chairman
William W. Alien, Illinois Agricultural Association, Bloomington

Richard E. Carver, Mayor, Peoria

Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago

Philip Kendall, Sangamon State University,Springfield

Mrs. Randall Nelson, Carbondale Odas Nicholson, Lawyer, Chicago

James D. Nowlan, Knox College, Galesburg

James T. Otis, Lawyer, Chicago Theodore Peterson, University of Illinois,Urbana

Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro,Lawyer,Kankakee

Chris Vlahoplus, Sangamon State University,Springfield

James M. Wall, The Christian Century, Chicago

Samuel W. Witwer, Lawyer, Chicago

William L. Day, ex officio member

ILLINOIS ISSUES is published monthly (12 time per year). Editorial and business offices: 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. Telephone: (217) 786-6536. Subscription rate: $15 a ycar/$27 two years/$4O three years. $1.50 individual copy.

1975 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State. Springfield, Illinois 62708.

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Selected state reports
THE FOLLOWING bibliography has been prepared for Illinois Issues by the staff of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois. Price and availability are indicated when known.

The heading "State Documents" includes items received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and available there on loan. Starred items are distributed by the State Library to depository libraries which are located primarily at state universities in Illinois. Requests for copies should be sent to the issuing agency.

State agencies are encouraged to send significant studies to the Institute of Government and Public Affairs for inclusion in the bibliography. Address items to the Institute, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, 111. 61801.

Chicago: An Agenda for Change. A Symposium held at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Sept. 13-14, 1974. [272]pp.

Chicago Area Transportation Study and Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission. 1995 Transportation System Plan. June 1974.

Regional Transportation Planning Board. Evaluation: 1995 Highway-Public Transportation Networks (for the Chicago-Gary region). [1974]. 77pp.

Home Rule: An Annotated Bibliography with Emphasis on Illinois. Urbana: Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 1974. 149pp. Available free to Illinois residents from the Institute, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, 111. 61801.

Kenney, David. Basic Illinois Government: A Systematic Explanation, rev. ed. Carbon-dale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1974. 438pp. (a textbook). Available from the Press, P.O. Box 3697, Carbondale, 111. 62901 at $8.95.

State Documents
Illinois. Commission for Economic Development. Illinois Rail Abandonment Impact. June 14, 1974. 77pp.*

Illinois. Bureau of the Budget. State of Illinois Statistical Abstract, 1973. 203pp.*

Illinois. Department of Business and Economic Development. Illinois State and Regional Economic Data Book. 1973 ed. 237pp.*

The following books are from the series Studies in Illinois Constitution Making which is being published for the Institute of Government and Public Affairs by the University of Illinois Press. Each is available from the Press, Champaign, 111. 61820 at $3.45. Forthcoming titles will be listed in the bibliography.

Burman, lan D. Lobbying at the Illinois Constitutional Convention. 1973. 119pp.

Cohn, Rubin G. To Judge with Justice: History and Politics of Illinois Judicial Reform. 1973. 164pp.

Cornelius, Janet. Constitution Making in Illinois. 1818-1970. 1972. 175pp.

Fishbane, Joyce D. and Glenn W. Fisher. Politics of the Purse: Revenue and Finance in the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention. 1974. 199pp.

Gertz, Elmer. For the First Hours of Tomorrow: The New Illinois Bill of Rights. 1972. 178pp.

Gratch, Alan S., and Virginia H. U5ik. Ballots for Change: New Suffrage and Amending Articles for Illinois- 1973. 117pp.

1973-74 Illinois Blue Book is now available at no charge from the Secretary of State's Communication Department, 201 Centennial Building, Springfield. ,