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Contents             July 1995

Illinois Issues

Vol. XXI, No. 7
Established 1974

Conservation: Land Lovers find allies
Conservation:
Land lovers
find allies

Elizabeth
Bettendorf

10


Museums: Are they replacing our schools?
Museums:
Are they
replacing
our schools?

James
Krohe Jr.

14


Historic Sites: marketing the past
Historic sites:
marketing
the past

Tara McClellan
McAndrew

18


Philanthropy: the spirit behind the giving
Philanthropy:
the spirit
behind the giving

John E.
Corbally

21

Columns

Politics
Is the state's glass half full or half empty?
Charles N. Wheeler III ______ 6

The State of the State
Illinois faces prospect of dual voting system
Bill Knight _____________ 8

Your Turn
Legislative session could have been worse for Chicago, sort of
Amy Albright ____________ 40

A View from the Suburbs
GOP leaders satisfy their constituents with a low-fat legislative diet
Madeleine Doubek_________ 42



Cover illustration: The illustration on the front cover is the Gensburg-Markham Prairie, located southwest of the Chicago Loop. The watercolor of the blazing star in bloom during late summer was done by Stan Adams from a photo by Ron Panzer. The back cover photo by Marlin Roos came to us courtesy of the Illinois State Museum.

Departments

A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki ____________ 3

Innovations
Building the future by rebuilding the past
Beverley Scobell _________ 4

Special Summer Book Section
Edited by Judith Everson _____ 24

State Stix
Medicaid myths
Donald Sevener __________ 33

People
Beverley Scobell and Scott Soumokil ________ 34

Court Briefs
F. Mark Siebert___________ 36

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt ___________ 36

Letters _________________ 38

Esprit de Pol ____ see back cover

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