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Contents                                  March 1995

Illinois Issues

Vol. XXI, No. 3
Established 1974

Judy Baar Topinka
The GOP's
sassiest pol

Jennifer
Halperin

10


Schools on Empty
Schools riding
on empty

Bill
Steinbacher-
Kemp

14


What to do with Troubled Kids
What to do
with troubled kids

James
Krone Jr.

19


The Baby Richard Saga
The role of
Solomon in the
Baby Richard saga

Toby
Eckert

22

Columns

Politics
Debate over welfare
reflects stereotypes

Charles N. Wheeler III _____ 6

The State of the State
Governors and lawmakers
push for "Conference of the States"

Jennifer Halperin ________ 8

Q&A Interview
Joan Gittens:
Child welfare reformers could learn from the past

Jennifer Halperin ______ 24

Legislative Action
It's never too soon to
plan your campaign

Jennifer Halperin ________ 26

Your Turn
An Illinois resource threatened
Donald P. Mullally ________ 32

A View from the Suburbs
Snapshots of Illinois Republicans
taken in the halls of Congress

Madeleine Doubek ________ 34

Cover illustration: Photo by Terry Farmer

Departments

A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki_____________ 3

State Stix
Welfare portrait
Donald Sevener ___________ 27

Book Review
Illinois has floundered over child
welfare policies since statehood
Sterling M. Ryder __________ 28

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt ___________ 29

People
Beverley Scobell and Wendy Langren_______ 30

Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert __________ 31

Letters ___________ 33

Esprit de Pol _______ see back cover

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