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AUGUST 1982 VOL. VIII NO. 8
Established 1975

ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The magazine's board is appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. In addition to subscription income, the magazine is supported by grants from the Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy; the Ancel Charitable Trust; support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University; and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantors, either university or donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline Gherardini. Fulfillment and advertising manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Circulation director: John E. Cockrell. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith. Assistant editors: Patricia Burtle-McCredie, John G. Martin. Legislative correspondents: Diane Ross and Cheryl Frank. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Robert Mackay, James Krohe Jr., Barbara J. Hipsman, Bob Springer. Artist: Ed Dyson. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts. Student assistants: Mark Thornton, Leslie Wright.

THE BOARD

Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago.
Members: Louis Ancel, attorney, Chicago. David E. Connor, Commercial National Bank of Peoria. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. Harold L. Deakins, public affairs manager, Illinois Power Company, Decatur. Robert P. Ewing, chairman of the board and president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., Chicago. James M. Furman, executive vice president, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago. Michael J. Howlett, partner, Howlett & Perkins Associates, Chicago. Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. David Kenney, director, Illinois Department of Conservation, Springfield. Louis H. Masotti, professor of political science and urban affairs, Northwestern University, Evanston. Odas Nicholson, judge, Cook County Circuit Court. James D. Nowlan, director, Public Administration Program, University of Illinois, Urbana. James T. Otis, lawyer, Chicago. Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism, University of Illinois, Urbana. Betsy Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chicago. Carl Shier, international representative, Region 4, United Auto Workers. Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president, Canteen Corporation, Chicago. Thomas F. Roeser, vice president-government relations, The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago. James M. Wall, editor, Christian Century, Chicago. Samuel W. Witwer, lawyer, Chicago. James C. Worthy, professor of management, Northwestern University. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.

Contents


7       Illinois business: Tax reform is the only game in town By A. James Heins

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      9       Energy taxes/ taxes on energy By James Krohe Jr.



HUMANITIES ESSAYS (Second Series)

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      15       The end of the Immigrant Church
By Eugene Kennedy

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      23       SERIES ON WATER
Dams, floods, rainmaking and droughts
By James Krohe Jr.

30       SURVEY OF LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
The House: District issues and loss of fed funds

2       POLITICS By Barbara J. Hipsman and Bob Springer
For Adlai: advice from Aesop

4       THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
The chain gang and ERA's bitter end

22       BOOK REVIEW By Alan D. Monroe
A campaign platform from Paul Simon

36       LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
Expectations and exigencies

40       THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
What price justice?

42       CHICAGO By Ed McManus
High risk high rises

43       WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Distinguished colleagues disagree on foreign aid

6       LETTERS

22       SELECTED STATE REPORTS

38       JUDICIAL RULINGS
Multibank holding companies pass court test/ Rules of Judicial Conduct: Courts Commission upheld/Update on Illinois Initiative

39       EXECUTIVE REPORT
Utility rate cases: the heat is on/ Free admission to State Fair for senior citizens and youths/Illinois Inc. listed on Midwest Stock Exchange

39       ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS/ STATE STIX

41       NAMES
Giordano heads new Department of Central Management Services



ILLINOIS ISSUES is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: K Building, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/786-6084). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P.O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815/734-4151).

Subscription rate: $24 year/ $44 two years/ $56 three years; student rate is $12 a year. Individual copy is $2.25. Back issue: $3.00. ©1982 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.



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