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Illinois Issues
SEPTEMBER 1978 Vol.IV, No. 9
Contents

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Profiles of the Illinois Congressional delegation:
Emphasizing individual performance

By Mark Gruenberg

Don Rumsfeld steps out of government, into the corporate world:
Will he ever return?

By Joyce E. Kustra______________________10


 

Chicago school desegregation:
Will 'Access' work?

By Vicki Gerson______________________14

Chicago's reaction to 'Access'
By Robert McClory_________________________18


ILLINOIS ISSUES ELECTION SURVEY
Will GOP win control of Senate?
Cumulative voting makes prediction uncertain
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Upstate candidates for Illinois House __________________23

Taxes, property tax reform and restricted spending:
The issues next year, according to Upstate House candidates
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THE STATE OF THE STATE By Gary Adkins
State government wastes $500 million annually

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LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Gary Adkins
Appropriations for fiscal 1979 total $11.403 billion after governor's vetoes

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POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
The debates — first rounds

34

CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
The fragmentation of black politics

35

WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Lobbying for federal dollar flow to Illinois

EXECUTIVE REPORT________29
Thompson petition
Election Board rulings

STATE STIX ______________ 29

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS__________________30
Public can't peruse Medicaid records

JUDICIAL RULINGS___________30
Bakke — quotas out, affirmative action OK/Illinois public aid program/No unwarranted safety inspections/ Tax assessment lists

LETTERS______________31

NAMES _______________32

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