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Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois. In addition to university support and subscription income, the magazine is supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Woods Charitable Fund Inc., and by donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantors, either the university or donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline Gherardini. Circulation and business manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Advertising and development officer: David Wayman. Staff secretary: Charlene Lambert. Statehouse bureau chief: Michael D. Klemens. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, F. Mark Siebert, Patricia Burtle-McCredie, Judith L. Everson (book reviews/humanities). Assistant editor: Glenn Sheldon. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Charles J. Abbott, Charles N. Wheeler III, Paul M. Green. Student editorial assistant: Teresa Wessling. Student business assistant: H.W. Devlin.

THE BOARD: Chair: Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. Vice chair: Louis H. Masotti, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston. Members: Marcus Alexis, dean, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago. Michael J. Bakalis, dean, School of Education, Loyola University, Chicago. James M. Banovetz, professor of public administration, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb. Norman Carlson, partner, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago. Christopher Cohen, attorney, Holleb & Coff, Chicago. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. James L. Fletccher, attorney, Chicago. James M. Furman, vice president, The MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Robert T. Gannett Jr., codirector, Chicago Neighborhood Organizing Project. Leonard Gardner, executive director, governmental affairs division, Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington. Samuel K. Gove, professor of political science, University of Illinois, Urbana. William C. Harris, Illinois commissioner of banks and trust companies, Springfield. Doris B. Holleb, professional lecturer, University of Chicago. David Kenney, professor of political science emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Joan W. Levy, past president, Illinois Association of School Boards, Winnetka. Janet Malone Morrow, past executive director, Chicago Council of Urban Affairs. Philip R. O'Connor, chairman and president, Palmer Bellevue Corporation, Chicago. James T. Otis, attorney, Peoria. David Paulus, senior vice president, First Chicago Corporation, Chicago. Taylor Pensoneau, vice president, Illinios Coal Association, Springfield. Theodore Peterson, professor journalism emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana. Betsy A. Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chicago. Robert F. Rich, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois. Raymond G. Romero, commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago. Hon. William G. Stratton, vice presiden, Chicago Bank of Commerce. Samuel W. Witwer, attorney, Chicago. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.

Illinois Issues (ISSN 0738-9663) is published monthly 11 times per year with an August-September double issue. Second-class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. Editorial and advertising offices: K Building, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9243 (telephone: 217/786-6084). Please address questions regarding your subscription to Illinois Issues, Subscription Division, P.O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815/734-6309). Subscriptions: $29.95 year/ $55 two years/ $80 three years; student rate is $15 a year. Individual copy is $2.95 (August/September double issue is $4.95). Back issue is $3.50 (August/September double issue is $5.50). Illinois Issues is indexed in the PAIS Bulletin and included in the PAIS database.

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Contents April 1989

Illinois Issues
Vol. XV No. 4
Established 1975


9     Illinois toll highways: Will they ever be freeways?
Thomas J. Lee



12     Thompson's no-income-tax-increase budget: Precursor to another campaign?
Michael D. Klemens


15     Cook County Hospital plan: One step toward better health care?
Nina Burleigh




18     For God, family and freedom: the conservative mission of The Rockford Institute
Wolf D. Fuhrig



Columns

4     Politics
      Budget opens with long foul     Charles N. Wheeler III

6  The state of the State
      Stalemate at the Statehouse: the governor v. the speaker     Michael D. Klemens

26  The Rostrum
      And now a word from Janus: 'the state of education'     John E. Corbally

28  The Pulse
      Incumbent races closer than they appear     Nick Panagakis

30  Chicago
      The final race for Chicago Mayor – til 1991     Ed McManus


Departments

5     State Reports     Anna J. Merritt

8     State Stix
      World drug trade     Margaret S. Knoepfle

22  Legislative Action
      Workers' compensation heads back to Mansion     Michael D. Klemens

24     Judicial Rulings     F. Mark Siebert

25     Names

25  Book Reviews
      Chicago '68     Dan Walker

SPECIAL PULL-OUT CENTER SECTION
Illinois Issues
1989 Roster of State Government Officials


Cover illustrations: Pictured is a late-winter scene of westbound traffic stopping at the Des Plaines toll booths on the Northwest Tollway, I-90. The photographer is David C. Tonge.

The four-color cover illustrations are made possible by a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.


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