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FEATURES
12 Been there, dialed that by Harvey Berkman
Illinois is ahead of the game with the changing telecommunications rules.
17 When kids become killers by Steve Rhodes
When younger kids become violent, the state has few good options for punishing them.
22 A nice political plum by Michael Hawthorne
General Assembly scholarships are a perk some legislators don't want to give up and don't want the public to know much about.
24 A broader definition of constituency by Michael Hawthorne
27 Drive-through deliveries by Anthony Man
Public reaction to short hospital stays for new mothers and their infants caused election-nervous legislators to buck the powerful insurance lobbies.
30 Tax Cap troubles by Kristy Kennedy
As the legislature is considering downstate tax caps, some communities that already have them are saying we should take a second look.
33 High-Stakes game by J. Fred Giertz
An economist examines the economics of riverboat gambling and the state's floating policy on the gaming industry,
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DEPARTMENTS
3 A Conversation With Our Readers
by Ed Wojcicki
4 Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long
6 State of the State
by Donald Sevener
Lawmakers out to lunch on school finance reform
8 Briefly
by Donald Sevener
36 People
by Beverley Scobell
38 Books
by Gary Hart
Cave-In-Rock pirates
39 Letters
41 A View From Chicago
by James Ylisela Jr.
A school plan comes around again
42 Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
Meaningful school finance plan unlikely this spring
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