Contents

April 1991

Illinois Issues

Vol. XVII No. 4
Established 1975

Richard Durbin:congressman who loves his job Peter Ellertsen 11 Nuclear waste site hearings: Overcoming 'political science'? Dan Shomon Jr. 14 Trends in Illinois poverty: 1979-1988 Patricia Simpson 16 Health care in rural Illinois Norman Walzer and LaVonne Straub 19

Columns Politics Budget: first hand Charles N. Wheeler III _______ 4 The state of the State Edgar's spending: fiscal integrity Michael D. Klemens _________ 6 The Pulse Chicago's 1991 and 1983 Democratic mayoral primaries Richard Day and Jeff Andreasen______ 28 Chicago City council turnover Manuel Galvan______ 30

Departments Letters _______________ 9 State Stix Cars R Us Margaret S. Knoepfle________10 Legislative Action The fable of Ugly Bill and Fair Sheba Michael D. Klemens _________ 24 Judicial Rulings F. Mark Siebert ___________ 25 State Reports Anna J. Merritt ___________ 25 Names Patricia Burtle-McCredie ______ 26 Book Reviews Springfield's race riot: an overdue history Cullom Davis _____________ 27 SPECIAL CENTER PULL-OUT SECTION Illinois Issues 1991 Roster of State Government Officials

Cover illustration: U.S. Rep. Richard J. Durbin (D-20 Springfield) posed for the camera on a rainy winter day in the newly refurbished Amtrak train station in Springfield. The photographer is Terry Farmer/Showcase Photography.