Illinois Issues
JUNE 1977
VOL. III, NO. 6


Contents

State aid to schools ————————————— 4
Full funding and the resource equalizer formula

By Joyce E. Kustra

Interview with Donald L. Duster ——————— 9
Director of the Department of Business and Economic Development

By Bill Miller

Keeping Illinois warm ——————————— 12
Natural gas supply and regulation

By George Provenzano

Nursing homes —————————————— 16
Public money and private enterprise

The second of two articles by Roy Wehrle

Electronic banking ———————————— 18
Will automated tellers bring branch banking to Illinois?

By William R. Bryan

Gas tax increases? -———————————— 20
By George Provenzano

911 emergency phone number ———————21
A statewide system by 1985

By Jeffery D. Schielke

Public aid funding ———————————— 23
Shaping federal policy

The last of three installments by Martha Derthick


THE STATE OF THE STATE ———— 2
Dems on the sidelines with Thompson's budget


CHICAGO By Charles B. Cleveland ———— 30
'You run the machine or it runs you'


WASHINGTON By Tom Littlewood ———31
Will Don Rumsfeld quietly fade away?


LEGISLATIVE ACTION ————— 26
The winners and losers in the early action on bills


EXECUTIVE REPORT ————— 27
Thompson takes the plunge on energy


JUDICIAL RULINGS —————— 28
Special tax treatment ends; The right to annoy; Unlawful solicitation on residential sales

LETTERS ——————————— 22

NAMES ———————————— 29

CALENDAR —————————— 32


INSTRUCTIONS TO WRITERS
Articles for Illinois Issues are written by professional writers or by experts in various fields of government. Students have also written for the magazine. The editors welcome inquiries from writers. Unsolicited articles should be accompanied by self-addressed stamped envelope. Consideration will be given to all manuscripts, but all articles published in Illinois Issues must present objectively all sides to an issue. Editorial offices are located at 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Ill. 62708.

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