Illinois Issues

VOL. II, NO. 10 / OCTOBER 1976

Table of Contents


ARTICLES

3/The phenomenal lottery game: Instant frenzy, instant fuss
/David Martindale
7/The battle of the budget: Sorting out the money and maneuvers with a lame duck governor
/Robert Kustra and Joyce Kustra
11/Harris and Partee: The story of two legislators in quest of the executive branch
/Burnell Heinecke
14/OSHA in Illinois: The agony and the ecstasy
/Craig Sanders
18/The drama of Oakley Dam, Act II: ... To take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them
/Britta B. Harris
22/Congressional Update: All of the incumbents are running
/Special Staff Report
22/Fiscal views from congressional candidates


COLUMNS

30/Chicago: Public employee pension plans in Illinois: Is the status quo good enough?
/Charles B. Cleveland
31/Washington: Supreme Court's anti-patronage decisionbucks the federalist trend
/Tom Littlewood


THE STATE OF THE STATE

26/Economic growth and state policies


FOR THE RECORD

23/Illinois lineup for the U.S. House
27/Legislative Action
28/Executive Report
29/Judicial Rulings


FEATURES

10/Letters
25/Voter information
29/Names
32/Calendar


ART CREDITS/The Halloween cover illustration is by Martha Jones of Springfield. A graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, she works at Lincoln Land Community College as a graphics artist. The portraits ofSenators Harris and Partee on pages 12 and 13 are by Springfield artist Ed Dyson. Robert W. Miller,also of Springfield, did the drawing for the OSHA story on page 16. The maps on pages 19, 24 and 25 are by James Krone Jr.


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