Features12---Patching the cracksRoads will crumble and bridges will tumble. Can the new governor's forces put them together again?by Jon Marshall 16---The fast trainsProponents of high speed rail argue trains can compete. Are they heading for Illinois? by Burney Simpson 20---Community profileBloomington-Normal is one downstate community experiencing the kind of growth called 'sprawl.' by Bill Steinbacher-Kemp 26---Community profileNorthwest Austin faces another challenge. by Jennifer Halperin 28---Photo essay: Austin rising by Jon Randolph 32---Q&A: Paul Vallas by Burney Simpson 35---Diversity in the ivy hallsIllinois' public university have more women at the helm than national average. by Maureen F.McKinney |
Departments3---Conversation with the publisher by Ed wojcicki 4---Editor's Notebook by Peggy Boyer Long 6---State of the State by Burney Simpson We know sprawl when we see it 8---Briefly by Rodd Whelpley 38---People by Rodd Whelpley 40---Letters 41---A View from Chicago by James Ylisela Jr Appealing to black voters 42---Politics by Charles N. Wheeler III George Ryan's first budget |
