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Contents September 1995


Vol. XXI, No. 9
Estabished 1974

Equity: Universities face the test
Jennifer Halperin
10

College games: The debate over state support
Donald Sevener
15


The U.S. Senate: Illinoisans aren't Beltway biggies
James Krohe Jr.
20

Jim Ryan: Shooting for the top?
Jennifer Halperin
25

Coal country: Mines and jobs are disappearing
Dennis McMurray
28

Columns

Politics
Freshman lawmaker sends an early warning signal
Charles N. Wheeler III
__________6

The State of the State
A funny thing happened on the way to a conference of the states
Jennifer Halperin
__________8

Your Turn
Welfare: Five reasons why the system resists reform
Gary MacDougal
_________37

A View from Metro East
Lincoln's old congressional district is now a key battleground Patrick E. Gauen
_________42

Departments

A Conversation with Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki____3

Innovations
Cashless currency
Beverley Scobell.____4

State Stix
Labor Day 1995
Donald Sevener___34

Court Briefs
Debi Edmund___35

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt___35

Books
Imagination and urban disorder
Bernard J. Brommel___36

People
Beverley Scobell.___38

Letters _______40

Esprit de Pol ________see back cover

Cover Illustration: The photograph on the front cover came to us courtesy of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The picture of Everett Dirksen on the back cover is part of the photo collection at the Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield.

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