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Contents                  June 1995

Illinois Issues

Vol. XXI, No. 6
Established 1974

Balk Radio
Balk radio:
electronic
democracy or
place to vent?

Cara
Jepsen

10



Amtrak: state faces service cutbacks
Amtrak:
state faces
service cutbacks

Debi
Edmund

16



Racing: life on the backstretch isn' horseplay
Racing:
life on the
backstretch
isn't horseplay

Danielle
Gordon

18



Ghostbusters: grand juries eye lawmakers
Ghostbusters:
grand juries
eye lawmakers

Mark
Brown

24



State prisons: jam-packed in the joint
State prisons:
jam-packed
in the joint

Dennis
McMurray

26
Columns

Politics
Time to reconsider cumulative voting
Charles N. Wheeler III _____ 6

The State of the State
There is no leader on school finance
Donald Sevener __________ 8

Q&A Interview.
We could streamline death penalty appeals
Emily Wilkerson ___________ 31

Your Turn
Time to release longest-serving inmate
Ed McManus ___________ 41

A View from Metro East
In East St. Louis, the past is prologue
Patrick E. Gauen _________ 42



Our cover illustration: The photograph was taken by Terry Farmer. To get the classic effect, he shot black and white film, then processed the picture on color paper. The microphone featured in the photo is a 77-DX. It was developed by RCA in the 1950s and was used by some radio stations as late as the early- to mid-1960s. There may still be a few in use today. The mike was loaned to us by former Illinois Public Radio Statehouse Bureau Chief Jim Howard, who collects old radio equipment and memorabilia.

Departments

A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki ____________ 3

Innovations
Time to surf the 'net
Beverley Scobell _________ 4

Books
Representing the Land of Lincoln in Congress
Jack R. Van Der Slik ______ 32

State Stix
Tax break(down)
Donald Sevener _________ 35

Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert___________36

People
Beverley Scobell and Wendy Langren _______38

Letters ________________ 40

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt___________43

Esprit de Pol ______ see back cover

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