Prisons ____ 7
What's going on behind the walls? By Gary Adkins

Property tax system warrants reform ____ 13
Guidelines to solve property tax problems prove inadequate in Illinois. By Dennis W. and Jean H. Hostetler

Court watchers _____ 16
By Dennis B. Fradin

SPECIAL FEATURE: The Daley Legacy
Mayor Daley's personal media _____ 31
The roots of Chicago politics By Ralph Whitehead Jr.

Portrait of Illinois: Transitions after the Civil War ____36
BOOK REVIEW By Clyde C. Walton

THE STATE OF THE STATE _____ 2
Governor recaps achievements, sets priorities for 1978

LEGISLATIVE ACTION _____ 37
Compromise renovates Board of Elections

POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer _______ 41
Thompson's political future — who should know?:

CHICAGO By Milton Rakove _____ 42
Daley eludes biographers

WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg ____ 43
Paul Simon — quietly drawing attention

SELECTED STATE REPORTS __15

STATE STIX ___ 38

JUDICIAL RULINGS _____ 38
Private male clubs/Minority contractors/ Display of swastika/ Divorce law struck down

EXECUTIVE REPORT ____ 39
Air pollution/Lobbyist registration

AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTS __39

NAMES _____40