Al Jourdan and the Illinois Republican party Robert Heuer 14		Higher education in uncertain times: one insider's view Michael D. Klemens 27
	Financing Medicaid by new tax on health facilities Anthony Man 18		CHIP: state program serving 4,000 uninsurable Illinoisans Mike Ervin 30
	Pharmaceutical Assistance program: revised to benefit fewer with greater need Anthony Man 21		Rapid transit from Loop to Midway: New line means change for Chicago's southwest side David Fremon 33
	Southern Illinois mayor's: Region need jobs not mandates minus funding Beverley Scobell 24		New EarnFare program: welfare as 'wages' for working Bill Steinbacher Kemp 37

Cover illustration: State chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, Albert M. Jourdan, is also McHenry County auditor. He is pictured in front of the McHenry County Government Center in Woodstock. Illinois Issues' article on Jourdan and the Illinois Republican party begins on page 18. The photograph is by Richard Foertsch/Photoprose.

Cartoons by Mike Thompson ® 1992 The State Journal-Register, Springfield

Budget and posturing dominate session Michael D. Klemens _____________________________ 39 Chicago airport, casino gambling left behind; environmental policy, unemployment agreement approved Michael D. Klemens and Beverley Scobell_______________________ 44 Family leave: compromise not satisfactory to all business or labor Beverley Scobell_________________ 47

6/August & September 1992/Illinois Issues