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16 Hogs R Us? by Edward Field

The political row over raising hogs has reached Illinois. And policy-makers have stepped into a messy debate over regulating corporate pig producers.

22 Prairie restoration by James Krohe Jr.

A prairie restoration movement has sprouted in the unlikeliest of places.

26 Lobbyist gifts by Ray Long

Should the public beware when politicians get free tickets to see the Bulls?

30 Third airport by James L. Merriner

The Republicans want one in Peotone. The Democrats don't. How do the experts calculate the cost-benefit of a third Chicago airport?

33 Ted Sanders by Gary Hart and Jennifer Halperin

As the new president of Southern Illinois University, John Theodore "Ted" Sanders has taken on responsibility for the southernmost region of the state.

DEPARTMENTS

3 A Conversation With Our Readers
by Ed Wojcicki

4 Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long

6 State of the State
by Jennifer Halperin
Campaign finance reform

8 Briefly
by Donald Sevener

38 Guest essay
by Rob Paral
Immigrant policy

40 People
by Beverley Scobell

42 Your Turn
by David Olson
A local income tax for schools

43 Letters

45 A View From the Suburbs
by Madeleine Doubek
A black Republican meets Newt

46 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
The governor's budget

Credits: The photograph on this month's cover was taken by free-lancer Judy Spencer. The cover was designed by artist Daisy Juarez. She also designed the art for the story on lobbyists (pages 26 through 29) and the story on the third Chicago airport (pages 30 through 32).

Illinois Issues April 1996 ¦ 5


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