Illinois Issues
VOL. II, NO. 6 / JUNE 1976
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
3/Workman's compensation: Recent changes in law mean higher insurance costs for employers
/J. Huisinga
7/Gerald W. Shea
/Barb Valiukenas
9/An emerging minority: Handicapped citizens
/Dennis B. Fradin
12/Helping the handicapped: A roster of state services
/Pam Bruzan
16/Downstate Update: Incumbents dominate House races
/Special Staff Report
16/Fiscal views from the candidates
21/How and when to visit the Governor's Mansion
/Sue Dinges
22/It cost Illinois millions to learn the need for an independent postaudit agency
/Burnell Heinecke
24/Limited liquor licensing: A tendency of small towns
/Matthew Cappellini
26/Western Illinois Regional Council: supergovernment or its antidote
/A. B. Villanueva
COLUMNS
34/Chicago: Pierre DeVise: By A.D. 2000, a metro government will have absorbed Chicago
/Charles B. Cleveland
35/Washington: Why federal aid soars: Congressmen want to try to give benefits to every district
/Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OF THE STATE
28/Will new governor reorganize?
FOR THE RECORD
17/November lineup for downstate House
29/Legislative Action: Attempt appropriations by omnibus bill
30/Bill Summaries
31/Executive Report
32/Judicial Rulings
FEATURES
15/Legislative Commissions
21/Selected State Reports
33/Names
36/Calendar
ART CREDITS / The cover illustration and
art on page 10 was drawn by Jim Murray of
Springfield, who is an art instructor at Lincoln
Land Community College. His one-man show is
scheduled Sept. 12-26 at the Illinois State Museum, Springfield. Murray has displayed work with
the Illinois Arts Council Congressional Exhibit,
Washington, D.C. The art on pages 5 and 13 is by
Virden artist Ed Dyson; the profile on page 7 by
Springfield artist Diane M. Dudley; the page 21
mansion sketch by William H. Crook, Jr., also a
Springfield artist; and art on page 24 by Tim
Conrad, Springfield, a graphic narrator for
Marvel Comics. James Krohe Jr., Springfield
graphic designer, did the maps on pages 18 and 26.
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