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Contents                                                        April 1995

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Vol. XXI, No. 4
Established 1974

Medicaid: the $1.3 billion hole
Medicaid:
the $1.3 billion hole

Michael
Hawthorne

12

Workers Comp: renewed battle
Workers comp:
renewed battle

Bill
Knight

17

Gambling: racing faces long odds
Gambling:
racing faces
long odds

Dave
Urbanek

22

Alternatives to gangs
Alternatives
to gangs

Ginger
Orr

27

Saving history from the wrecking ball
Saving history
from the wrecking ball

James
Krone Jr.

30

Columns

Politics
Governor tries to 'wish away' fiscal problems
Charles N. Wheeler III _____ 6

The State of the State
The governor's budget: It's his story and he's sticking to it
Peggy Boyer Long ________ 8

Your Turn
Tort 'reform' unfairly shifts responsibility to the victim
Richard J. Prendergast _____ 11

Legislative Action
Education chief aiming to make mark
Jennifer Halperin ________ 34

Q&A Interview
Two views on welfare
Jennifer Halperin ________ 38

A View from Chicago
There is no political aftermath, only campaigns in Chicago
Manuel Galvan _________ 46



Cover illustration: Julie Detrick

Departments

A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki_____________ 3

Innovations
Beverley Scobell __________ 4

State Stix
Looking to Springfield for help
Donald Sevener ___________ 35

Book Review
French Utopia on Illinois soil
Richard Johnston __________ 36

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt___________ 37

Letters_________________ 40

Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert __________ 42

People
Beverley Scobell and Wendy Langren_________ 44

Esprit de Pol ______ see back cover

April 1995/Illinois Issues/5

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