■ AGING
Senior centers, citizens honored, Ja41 Jl 39, 41.
Going to federal court [nursing homes: retarded persons], Mr 12.
Legislative olympiad [elder abuse], Ap 7.
Guardianship (see HEALTH & SAFETY)

■ AGRICULTURE
Biodegredable plastic bags from corn, Ja 29.
Illinois, the composite economy, Mr 19-20.
American Soybean Association Award, My 41.
Attention (farm chemical disposal), Je 13.
Illinois Farm Bureau: aid to med students, Jl 41.
World food supply and 1988 drought, AgS 8.
1988 Master Farmers named, AgS 67.
Freeman Coal [reclamation] award, AgS 67.
Modernizers v. agrarianizers, O 27.
Illinois Soybean Operating Board Officers, N 31.
Tax break scratched for Illinois gasohol, D 26.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Bring the Hambletonian home! My 34.
    ASC Service Committee, My 39.
    Board of Agriculture Advisors, O 26.
    Agricultural Export Advisory Committee, O 26.
    Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners, O 29.
    Department of Agriculture [Baise], O 33.
    Board of State Fair Advisors, D 27.

■ ARTS & HUMANITIES
Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch: Humanities Award, Ja 32.
Seeking papers: centennial of Statehouse, Ja 41.
CANfrest '87 winners announced, F 28.
Illinois historical groups honored, Mr 39, 43.
The Illinis State Historical Library, My 16-19.
NIU Southeast Asian Studies gets grant, My 39, 41.
Treasures from Land of Lincoln [China tour], Je 35.
A sense of vastness [Kanfer photos], Jl 22.
[Illinois] leaders: [favorite books], Jl 25, 31-32.
Department of Conservation stamp art winners, Jl 36.
Ethic and folk arts grants, Jl 36, 39.
Matteson wins design grant, Jl 39, 41; AgS 64.
Lincoln's home, AgS 37-39.
International Congress of Americanists, AgS 61-62.
1988 Literary Awards announced by IAC, AgS 64, 67.
13 ways [controverial painting of Mayor Washington], O 30-31; D 9.
History award winners announced by ISHS, O 34.
Percy honored by The Rockford Institute, D 33.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Krebs: Very Special Arts Illinois, F 25, 27.
    Second Century: Illinois history, F 27.
    Hirsch: National Endowment for the Arts, Mr 34.
    Salenger: gov's cultural affairs consultant, Ap 29.
    Illinios Humanities Council, Ap 29.
    Riley revelations rock Aers Council, AgS 58.
    Klaus resigns from Humanities Council, AgS 69.
    Tryloff: Arts Council, O 26. Arts Week, N 34.
    Davis Director of 'Lincoln Legals' project, O 29.
    Eight appointed to Humanities Council, O 29, 31.
    Dirksen Congressional Center Board, O 33.
    Illinois Humanities Council, N 31, 33.
Book reviews (see BOOK REVIEW INDEX, page 7)

■  ATTORNEY GENERAL
Denney named solicitor general, Ja 31.
Political dominoes [Thompson vice presidency], Jl 8-9.
Holloway leaves state government – again, AgS 69.

■ CHICAGO & COOK COUNTY
The legislative agenda without Washington, Ja 4-5.
Mayor Harold Washington, 1983-1987, Ja 33; 41.
Sawyer selected acting mayor of Chicago, F 20.
Former mayoral candidate Bernard Epton, F 28.
Chicago legislator [Huff] indicted, F 28.
Mayor Washington: a lasting imprint, F 26-27.
Oberman honored by ACLU, Mr 43.
Immigration, Ap 20; My 6.
[Chicago] gas tax constitutional, Ap 28.
Memories die hard {Mayor Daley], Ap 34-35.
Is Chicago ready for recycling [poll], Ap 36-37.
Chicago by foot, bike & car, Jl 23-25.
Abattoirs and packinghouses [union workers], Jl 27.
The color line [civil rights movement], Jl 27, 28.
Hegemony to plurality [UC school of sociology], Jl 30.
Washington's legacy, Jl 38-39.
Jobs and sex [BGA & George Dunne], Jl 40-41.
Democrats in Atlanta [Chicago delegation], AgSp 35-36.
Weight loss not amusing [amusement tax], AgS 58.
Most important issues in Chicago [survey], AgS 68.
Trying to bring ethics to City Hall, AgS 68-69.
Mayors' Day, O 24.
Food and drink on mass transit buses, O 24.
Richard Daley: District Attorney's Association, O 33.

■ CHILDREN & FAMILY
Naomi Hyett [Commission on Children] dies, Ja 41.
Infant mortality in Illinois, Mr 13-16; 4243; My 13.
Cold streets [homeless youth], Mr 28.
13-14- year olds [tried as adults], Mr 30.
Child abduction by parent, Mr 30.
NEXT STEPS: parents with disabled children, Mr 35, 39.
Divorce fees: your lawyer as adversary, Mr 38-39.
Custody of child and right to leave state, Ap 28.
No child porn in home, Je 32; AgS 15.
The domicile controls [spousal immunity], Je 32.
500,000 Illinois children [poverty], Je 36-38.
Grandparents' visitation rights, Jl 34.
'Granny' Tomanik recognized for foster care, Jl 41.
Foster care: the quiet crisis, AgS 22-25.
Juvenile court system: a circus, AgS 23; O 33.
Court must approve child support agreements, AgS 57.
Damages for nonfatal injury to child, AgS 57-58.
Withholding child support constitutional, N 26.
[Project Match: teenage mothers] Ford award, D 31.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Bertini to HHS, Ja 31.
    Children & Family Services Advisory Council, My 34.
    Committee to study juvenile court system, O 33.
Day care
    Church-run day care exempt: state licensing, Ap 28.
    500,000 Illinois children, Je 38.
    Ad hoc committee: day-care recommendations, Jl 35.
    Child care for working families, N 22-24.
Guardianship; parental rights (see HEALTH & SAFETY)

■ COMPTROLLER
The ambition of Roland Burris, Ja 15-17.
The comptroller and the cash flow crunch, Ja 16.
Political dominoes [Thompson vice presidency], Jl 8-9.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    [Whitney] Comptroller Merit Commission, Mr 34.
    [Koch] Public Relations Society of America, Mr 35.
    Comptrollers' legislative liaison, Ap 37.
    Burris: vice chair DNC, O 33.
State finances (see FINANCES, STATE)
Taxes (see TAXES)

■ COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Austin Infant Mortality Network, Mr 14,15,16.
Richard Poston's great plans for Cairo, O 19. N 34.
Statewide Housing Coalition, O 20-21.
Housing for poor, N 32-33.
Association of Community Action Agencies, D 31.
Ford award (Project Match], D 31.
Woods Charitable Fund awards, D 33.
Nonprofits with Hard Hats [housing], D 29.
Chicago school reform (see CHICAGO & COOK COUNTY)
Illinois Issues Series
    Community organizing: Alinsky's legacy, Ja 10-14.
    UNO [Mexican-American], Ap 18-22.
    Mary Gonzales [UNO of Chicago], Ap 20.
    SON/SOC: white ethnic neighborhoods, My 24-28.
    Why organize [black neighborhoods], AgS 40-42.
    Tenants/neighbors battle HUD and ComEd, D 20-24.

■ CONSTITUTION
Background Papers: Illinois Constitution, Ja 35.
Hearings to reexamine Illinois Constitution, F 27.
Con-con: the big question, Jl 10-12.
Illinois Constitution: convention call, AgS 63.
Voters to decide November 8, O 12-15.
To call or not to call a convention, O 16.
Constitution: Illinois votes status quo, D 17.

■ CRIMINAL JUSTICE
'Take a bit [out of crime]' wins prize, Ja 39.
Gene Hughes [probation] Award, F 28.
Prison crowding, F 19; Pontiac [prison], Ap 17.
13-14- year olds [tried as adults], Mr 30.
Child abduction by parent, Mr 30.
Confidentiality of rape counseling upheld, My 32-33.
Shedding light on post-conviction petitions, My 33.
When is a plea bargain no deal? Je 32.
No child pornography in home, Je 32; AgS 15.
Miranda rights, Jl 34.
'Granny' Tomanik [Dwight Correctional Center], Jl 41.
Rules [appealing guilty plea convictions], AgS 56-57.
Drugs and crime: economic issue, AgS 66-67.
Heirens case [use of drugs to get confession], O 32-33.
State can ask for substitute judge, N 26.
SSU conference on serial murder, N 34.
Jim O'Grady [Cook County Sheriff], D 12-14.
Clarify verdict for mentally ill [GBMI], D 26.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Illinois State Police Merit Board, F 25.
    Commission: Cook County criminal justice, F 25.
    Staff changes: State Police, F 20.
    Criminal Justice Into Authority, Ap 29.
    Prisoner Review Board, Ap 32.
    Healy resigns: Chicago Crime Commission, Je 41.
    Law Enforcement Officers Training Board, O 29.
Death penalty
    New light on death penalty, My 32.
    Appeals from Death Row: Cornelius Lewis, N 18-20.
    Status of appeals from Illinois Death Row, N 19.
Juvenile court system (see CHILDREN & FAMILY)

■ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
10 fastest growing firms in Illinois, Ja 29.
Enterprise zones, Mr 17-18; My 13.
Illinois, the composite economy, Mr 19-20.
Typical CEO's salary, Ap 27.
The revolution at Sears, Ap 30.
Taxes and the economy, My 10-12.
Diamond-Star, My 34; D 10-11; 19; Ford, AgS 15.
Businesswomen conference, My 35.
Illinois and foreign affairs [trade], Jl 33.
Business climate rankings, Jl 34.
Community colleges: Business Center Network, Jl 36.
Older employees/employers honored, Jl 39.
Buy Illinois Fords, AgS 15.
Drugs, crime: an economic issue, AgS 66-67.
Handcrafted, N 6. Asian-American businesses, N 6.
Manufacturing statistics: 9/87-9/88, D 6.
DCCA's international business role, D 18-19.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Illinois Economic Board to advise DCCA, F 20.
    Illinois Export Council, F 20.
    Employers of Illinois [labor issues], F 28.
    Commerce and Community Affairs, Mr 31-32.
    Order of Lincoln [O'Malley], Mr 35.
    Illinois Development Finance Authority, Ap 29.
    Quad-Cities Economic Development Authority, Ap 32.
    Commission on Science and Technology, Ap 32.
    Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Ap 35, 37.
    Banks and Trust Companies, My 34.
    Gov's Small Business Advisory Council, My 34-35.
    Citicorp Savings of Illinois, My 39.
    Bi-State Development Agency, Jl 35.
    Small Business Advisory Council, Jl 35.
    State chamber of commerce: new affiliate, Jl 36.
    Savings and Loan Board, O 29.
    State Council on Vocational Education, D 27, 29.
    Vonachen ISCC board chairman, D 29.
Local economies (see LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
Liability (see INSURANCE)
Sports (see SPORTS)
Tourism & parks (see ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY)
Unemployment statistics (see LABOR)
Utilities (see UTILITIES)

■ EDUCATION (K-12)
State report card on its schools, Ja 8-9.
Personnel records; teacher suspensions, Ja 30.
Teacher of the Year: Tello, Ja 32; Allan, D 27.
The state of trie-State 1987, F 6.
Education and taxes: last year and this year, Mr 6-7. If money weren't [teacher salaries], Mr 28.
Legislative olympiad [education], Ap 6, 7.
High salaries: state administrators, Ap 27.
Taxes and the economy [education], My 11,12.
State funding of public schools, My 14-15.
The importance of being educated, My 22-23.
Philip J. Rock Center and School, My 41.
Education means more than 3 Rs, Je 13.
Five win SIU science scholarships, Je 35, 39.
Supporting our schools: Who should pay? Jl 12.

■ ELECTIONS
Moving the primary election, Mr 25-26.
Shaking lobbyists' money-tree [PACs], My 8-9.
Guidelines for evaluating campaign polls, My 38-39.
Atlas of Illinois election data, Jl 14.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    State Board of Elections, O 26.
    Salaries, Ap 27.
Chicago & Cook County (see CHICAGO & COOK COUNTY)
1960 elections
    Are we headed for another 'stolen' election? N 28.
1984 elections
    1984 Reagan coalition [enterprisers, etc.], Ja 40-41.
1988 elections
    The ambition of Roland Burris, Ja 15-17.
    Favorite son: Paul Simon, F 8-10.
    Favorite son: Jesse Jackson, F 11-13.
    Illinois' presidential primaries, Mr 4-5.
    Moving the primary election, Mr 25-26.
    Democrats fail to oust LaRouche from ballot, Mr 26.
    Primary elections: hot spots, Mr 33.
    Illinois' presidential primaries, Mr 4041.
    Legislative [1988 primary results], Ap 29.
    Legislative primaries [incumbency], My 20-21.
    1988 presidential primaries [statistics], Je 21-25.
    Illinois' superseded Tuesday, Je 40-41.
    1988 legislative elections, AgS 10-11.
    The Democrats in Atlanta, AgS 35-36.
    Bush and Dukakis campaigns, O 8-9. D9.
    The GOP in New Orleans, O 17-18.
    Dukakis, Bush in Illinois' swing district, O 28-29.
    Illinois' congressional races, N 16-17.
    GOP: 'Time is on our side,' D 8-9.
    The difference between Bush and Dukakis, D 9.
    1988 Legislative elections [incumbency], D 15-16.
    Congress, Constitution, court seats, D 17.
    Calvo elected to Supreme Court, D 17.
    Baby boom generation: 1990s, D 30-31.
National and state party committees (see POLITICS)
Redistricting (see LEGISLATURE)

■ ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY
Acid rain and the Clean Air Act, Ja 18-20: 32.
Illinois: composite economy [coal; oil] Mr 19, 20.
State rock, Mr 28; Je 6.
1988 calendar features DENR poster winners, Mr 39.
Annual frog and toad survey, Je 6.
Coal mining and oil production decline, Jl 19.
[Illinois tour guides], Jl 22-23.
Tourism campaign wins Addy's awards, Jl 39.
Tree City USA awards: 53 Illinois communities, Jl 41.
Effects of 1988 drought, AgS 8.
Graham's fight for open space, AgS 29.
Who owns the water in a [private] lake? AgS 56.
Matteson wins design grant, Jl 39,41; AgS 64.
Conservation awards to SlU-C's Klimstra. AgS 64.
77 community projects: Home Town Awards, AgS 64.
Have to Have Habitat winners announced, AgS 67.
Freeman Coal wins [reclamation] award, AgS 67.
Water supply and quality, O 6.
Modernizes v. agrarianizers, O 27.
Illinois Energy Conference, N 27.
Cleaning up the Ohio River, N 29.
Four Take Pride in America winners, N 34.
Clean coal technology awards, D 31, 33.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Department of Mines & Minerals, Ja 31.
    Control Technology Panel [acid rain], Ja 32.
    Energy [conservation] innovations, Ja 39, 41.
    Advisory Board: Department of Conservation, F 20.
    Nature Preserves Commission, F 25.
    Joyce, Novak: nuclear waste task force, F 25.
    Solid Waste Management Officials, F 28.
    Open Lands Project, Mr 34; My 41.
    Endangered Species Protection Board, My 34.
    State Mining Board, My 34-35.
    Carlson steps down: IEPA director, Je 39.
    Groundwater advisory council, Jl 34-35.
    Killian new IEPA director, AgS 58.
    Chicago Tourism Council, AgS 59.
    Witter replaces Etchison at DENR, O 25.
    Radiation Protection Advisory Council, O 29.
    Surface Mining Advisory Council, O 29.
    EPA's air pollution control division, N 31.
Waste disposal and recycling
    Biodegradable plastic bags from corn, Ja 29.
    Waste [hazardous waste landfills] and race, Ja 29.
    Solid Waste Management Officials, F 28.
    Proposed Chicago landfills, Ap 20.
    Is Chicago ready for recycling [poll], Ap 36-37
    Garbage: running out of landfills, Je 28-30.
    Attention [farm chemical disposal], Je 13.
    Local control of the garbage pile, Jl 34.
    Corporate Recycling Award winners, Jl 39.
    A tale of two garbage bills, AgS 53-54.
    State office building recycling programs, O 24.
    SIU-C: neutralizing hazardous waste award, N 34.
    Household hazardous waste: cleanup project, D 9.
    ComEd [PCB cleanup in Chicago], D 20, 22, 23, 24.
    Environmental pedigree: business property sales, D 25.
    Toxics assistance project [Woods Fund grant], D 33.
    Waste-to-energy grant [forest products), D 33.

■ FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Favorite son: Paul Simon, F 8-10 (see also ELECTIONS).
Early Reagan: grist for the amateur analyst, Mr 36.
Commissioning of USS Abraham Lincoln, Ap 29.
Southern Illinois congressman Price dies, Je 39.
U.S. housing and economic statistics, Jl 6.
[U.S. Rep.] Bob Michel, AgS 32-34.
Former GOP Congressman McClory dies, O 34.
President's Volunteer Action Awards, D 34.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Innovative Control Technology Panel, Ja 32.
    Bertini to HHS, Ja 31.
    General Assembly's Washington office, F 25.
    Joyce, Novak: nuclear waste task force, F 25.
    Suter to Washington, My 39.
    Dirksen Congressinal Center board, O 33.
    Institue of Illinois' advisors, O 33.
    Fermi National Accelerator Lab, N 31.
Elections (see ELECTIONS)

■ FINANCES, STATE
The ambition of Roland Burris, Ja 15-17
Budget reform: Bowman v. Mandeville, Ja 36-38; F 22-24; Ap 11; Je 13; Jl 12.
The comptroller and cash flow crunch, Ja 16.
Measuring deficits [accounting methods], Ja 38.
State debt: Burden or not? F 18.
Legislative olympiad, Ap 6-7.
The revenue growth that isn't, Ap 8-11.
General funds revenues, FY 1979 to 1987, Ap 10. Gross state product, May 12.
Crises [revenues & spending], Je 8-9.
Revenue: Growth or shrinkage AgS 12-14; 18-21.
Appropriations, AgS 45, 55.
General funds make up Build Illinois shortfall, N 10.
Fiscal '88 ends with less deficit, N 10-11.
Genreal funds balances:
    Ja 29; F 19; Mr 28; Ap 27; My 6; Je 6; Jl 6; AgS 8; O 6; N 6; D 6.
State pensions
    Policy procrastination, F 4-5.
    State debt: Burden or not? F 18.
    State Board of Investment, F 20, 25.
    State pensions: Fund now or later? O 10-11.

■ GAMBLING
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Illinios Racing Board, F 20; D 27.
    State Lottery, My 39. Winners; take, Ap 27.

■ GOVERNOR
Former Gov. Walker sentences, Ja 41; 42-43.
The state of the State 1987, F 6-7.
Governors' salaries, F 19; Ap 27. Employees, Ap 27.
Crises without courage, Je 8-9.
Former Gov. Ogilvie dies, Je 9; Je 33.
Political dominoes [Thompson vice presidency], Jl 8-9.
Govs. Coles, Small and Ogilvie, Jl 20-21. N 9.
Madigan [on Gov. Thompson], AgS 18, 19, 20, 21.
Appointments resignations, etc., gov's office)
    Legislative liaison to House, F 27-28: Jl 35.
    Capital Developmental Board, O 26.
    Office of Legislative Affairs, O 33.
    Assistant press secretary, O 33.
    State Board of Ethics, D 27.
Amendatory veto
    Mike Madigan, AgS 20, 21.
    A mistake, N 8-9.
    When a bill becomes law: amendatory veto, O 25.
    Governor steps into Chicago school reform, N 25.
Other issues & appointments (see subject headings)

■ HEALTH & SAFETY
Liquor consumption in Illinois, Ja 29.
Alcohol/drug abusee prevention center honored, Mr 35.
Infant mortality in Illinois, Mr 13-16; 42-43. My 13.
NEXT STEPS: parents with disabled children, Mr 35, 39.
Salaries: med school deans; top administratiors, AP 27.
Philip J. Rock Center and School [deaf/blind], My 41.
DUI suspensions, Je 32; O 25; N 26.
Danville's Medishare program honored, Je 39.
Farm Bureau: aid to med students, Jl 41.
'70 by 90' seatbelt task force, AgS 59-61
Two PEACH's [community health awards], AgS 69.
Drugs and crime: economic issue, AgS 66-67.
Bernard Turnock, O 24; N 12-15.
Public Health: 'many splintered,' N 15.
AIDS
    Issues revisited: AIDS, O 24.
    State Medical Society, O 24; N 13, 14, 15.
    What Illinoisans thnk about AIDS, N 30-31.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Selke: Department of Professional Regulation, Ja 31.
    Commission on mental health code, Ja 32.
    Illinois HMO Guaranty Association, Ja 32.
    Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities, Ja 32; Ap 27.
        Lincoln Developmental Center, Ja 32.
    Rehabilitation Services Advisory Council, F 25.
    Very Special Arts Illinois, F 25, 27.
    Ludeman Developmental Center, F 27.
    Suter to Washington [from DORS], My 33; N 27.
    Advisory Board of Cancer Control, My 34.
    Medical Licensing Board, My 34-35.
    Board of Public Health Advisors named, Jl 35.
    Ortciger new Emergency Services director, O 25-26.
    Bradley new head of DORS, N 27.
    Fisher: DMHDD post [investigating abuse], Ap 29.
    Illinois Hospital Association, Ap 37.
    Bishop: Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, Jl 35-36.
    Illinois Department for Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, AgS 64; N 29, 31; D 29.
    Health Care Cost Containment Council, O 26.
    Radiation Protection Advisory Council, O 29.
    Liquor Control Commission, O 29.
    Rehabilitation Services Advisory Council, O 29.
    Vets advisory council [radiation; agent orange], N 27.
    Bittle resigns: DMHDD, N 34.
Guardianship
    Changing the law in middle of case, Mr 30.
    Clarifying termination of parental rights, My 33.
    Klubeck: Guardianship/Advocacy Commission, Mr 43.
    A circus of modern day poverty, AgS 23.
    Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, AgS 59.
    Guardianship topic of national conference, O 26.
    Chicago Bar Association: juvenile court system, O 33.
    Human Rights Authority, D 29.
Health insurance (see INSURANCE)
Nursing homes (see AGING)

■ HIGHER EDUCATION
Colleges must pay on veterans'scholarships, F 19.
[DePaul's Meyer]: Order of Lincoln, Mr 35.
Education and taxes, Mr 6-7; My 12.
Moraine Valley CC Arts Center, Mr 28.
Salaries: med school deans, Ap 27.
Macomb [WIU], My 29.
Illinois' community colleges: Business Center Network, Jl 36.
SlU's Morris, D 28.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Illinois Community College Board, F 20.
    Joint Committee on Minority Student Access, Mr 34.
    Commission on Science and Technology, Ap 32.
    Illinois State Scholarship Commission, Ap 32.
    Council of Independent Colleges, My 39.
    NIU: Southeast Asian Studies gets grant, My 39, 41.
    ISU's Watkins resigns; cites underfunding, Je 39.
    Viar: community college trustees, Jl 36.
    Wallace replaces Watkins at ISU helm, AgS 59.
    Illinois State Scholarship Commission, AgS 61.
    Community College Trustees Association, AgS 62, 64.
    Chelberg: State Board of Higher Ed, D 27.
    Athletics development: SlU-Carbondale, D 29, 31.
    DePaul alumni aid College of Law, D 31.
System of systems
    Views on governance, Ja 21-26. Rebuttal, F 14-17.

■ HOUSING
Linked development, My 25, 27.
The state of the states [housing], AgS 30, 31.
Affordable housing: a foot in the door, O 20-21.
Remodeling for new residents [suburban homeless), N 6.
Reform advocates have it backwards, N 32-33.
Federal low-income housing act, D 20-22, 24.
Non-Profits with Hard Hats, D 29.
Home equity insurance (see INSURANCE)
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Dwars: Illinois Housing Development Authority, Ap 29.
    Chicago Housing Authority director resigns, Je 39.

■ ILLINOIS ISSUES INDEX
1987 Mr 1988, 21-24. 1986: Mr 1987, pp. 19-22.
1985: Mr 1986, pp. 23-26. 1984: Mr 1985, pp. 23-26.
1983: Ap 1984, pp. 23-26. 1982: Ap 1983, pp. 21-25.
1981: Mr 1982, pp. 19-22. 1980: Mr 1981, pp. 19-20, 25-26.
1979: Mr 1980, pp. 17-20. 1978: Mr 1979, pp. 17-20.
1977 & 1976: Mr 1978, pp. 17-28. 1975: Ja 1976, pp. i-iv; Jl 1975, pp. i-iv; Ap 1975, pp. i-iv.

■ ILLINOIS ISSUES ROSTER
1988 Roster of State Government Officials, F (insert, 36 pp.).
1987 Roster, Ap (insert);
1986 Roster, F 13-38;
1985 Roster May 21-35.

■ INITIATIVE & REFERENDUM
Election method but not number [county boards], Mr 30.
FT. 'Mike' Graham's fight for open space, AgS 29.
Home equity referenda, My 25, 27, 28. AgS 50.
ComEd Chicago franchise, D 24.
Constitutional convention (see CONSTITUTION)

■ INSURANCE
Maximum unemployment insurance payment, Ap 27.
SHIP: seniors with health insurance problems, Jl 35.
Home equity, My 25, 27, 28. AgS 50.
Danville's Medishare program honored, Je 39.
Damages for nonfatal injury to child, AgS 57-58.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Comprehensive Health Insurance (CHIP) board, My 33.
    Association of Insurance Commissioners, Mr 34-35.

■ THE JUDICIARY
Order of Lincoln [Marovitz], Mr 35.
Craven honored by ACLU, Mr 43.
Divorce fees [lawyer v. client], Mr 38-39.
Questioning expert witnesses, Ap 28.
Only one refiling [on civil suits], Ap 28.
[Cunningham's] swing vote [prevailing wage), My 33.
Solovy and Underwood win Harley awards, Je 39.
Former Justice Underwood dies, Je 39.
Beware of attorneys bearing gifts, AgS 56.
'Hybrid' judgeships unconstitutional, N 26.
McLean County judge suspended for six months, N 27.
Court decrees lawyers must snitch on each other, D 26.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    The Judiciary, Ja 30-31; Mr 32; Ap 32-33, 35; My 35; Je 35; AgS62; O 31, 33; N 27.
    Moran elected chief justice, Ja 30-31.
    Simon steps down from state's high court, Mr 31.
    Judicial Inquiry Board, Ap 29, 32.
    Stamos replaces Simon on Supreme Court, Je 33.
    ISBA gets new communications director, Je 35.
    Administrative Office Illinois Courts, AgS 62.
    Montana: Court of Claims, O 26.
    Mid-America Legal Foundation [appointment], N 31.
Death sentence (see CRIMINAL JUSTICE)
Elections (see ELECTIONS)
Juvenile court system (see CHILDREN & FAMILY)
Judicial rulings:
    Ja 30-31; F 19; Mr 30; Ap 32-33, 35; My 32-33; Je 35; Jl 34; AgS 56-58; O 25; N 26; D 26-27.

■ LABOR
Unemployment rates, Ja 29; F 19; Mr 28; Ap 27; My 6; Je 6; Jl 6; AgS 8; O 6; N 6; D 6.
Personnel records and teacher suspensions, Ja 30.
Illinois, the composite economy, Mr 19-20.
Effect of swing vote [prevailing wage law], My 33.
Danville's Medishare program honored, Je 39.
500,000 Illinois children [jobs and wages], Je 37, 38.
Older Employers, employees honored, Jl 39.

Employee's suggestion nets a $5,000 award, O 31.
Suit against unions: law is prospective, Je 32.
Abattoirs and packinghouses [union history], Jl 27.
State and U.S. agree: retaliatory discharge, D 26-27.
Illinois wins [Project Match: job training], D 31.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Associated Employers [labor issues], F 28.
    Association of Labor Relations Agencies, F 28.
    Board ot Review (complaints by state workers], Ap 29.
    Hade: president of Trades and Labor Council, Jl 36.
    Illinois Jobs Training Coordinating Council, O 26.
Chicago school reform (see CHICAGO & COOK COUNTY)
State pensions (see FINANCES, STATE)

■ LEGISLATURE
The agenda without Mayor Washington, Ja 4-5.
Walter and Dawn Clark Netsch: Humanities Award, Ja 32.
Former State Sen. Frank M. Ozinga dies, Ja 41.
Chicago legislator [Huff] indicted, F 28.
Senator Sam [Vadalabene], My 31-32.
Former state Sen. John H. Conolly dies, Ap 37.
Philip J. Rock Center and School [deaf, blind], My 41.
Crises without courage [1988 session], Je 8-9.
Atlas of Illinois election data, Jl 14.
Former legislator Saperstein dead, Jl 41.
Mike Madigan, AgS 18-21.
Oral histories of legislators, AgS 63.
Amendatory veto (see GOVERNOR)
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Noone heads legislature's Washington office, F 25.
    Harmeyer appropriations chief for GOP staff, My 34.
Redistricting
    Evergreen Park, Je 26, 27.
    Legislative redistricting of 1991, Jl 13-14.
    Handicapping the 1988 elections, AgS 11.
    GOP: 'Time is on our side,' D 8-9.
Public Action Committees (see ELECTIONS)

■ LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Edgar and Ryan: poised for the race, Je 14-17.
Political dominoes [Thompson vice presidency], Jl 8-9.

■ LOCAL GOVERNMENT
'Hot'counties, Mr 28.
No cries for state tax hike from Pontiac, Ap 16-17.
Madison County [Sam Vadalabene], My 31-32.
Effect of swing vote [prevailing wage law], My 33.
Local economies, schools, etc.
    Macomb, My 29-30. Evergreen Park, Je 26-27. Mount Vernon, Jl 18-19; D 18, 19.
    Roselle park [Open Lands Project], My 41; O 6.
    Evanston's laid-back mayor: Joan Barr, Jl 15-17.
    Matteson wins design grant, Jl 39, 41; AgS 64.
    Tree City USA awards: 53 Illinois communities, Jl 41.
    The suburbs 'deserve at least a crumb,' AgS 15.
    F.T. 'Mike' Graham's fight for open space, AgS 29.
    77 community projects: Home Town Awards, AgS 64.
    Richard Poston's great plans for Cairo, O 19. N 34.
    Remodeling for new residents [suburban homeless], N 6.
    Four Take Pride in America winners, N 34.
    Community Development Society award winner, N 34.
    Manufacturing statistics: Rockford; Peoria, D 6,19.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Open Lands Project, Mr 34.
    Law Enforcement Officers Training Board, O 29.
    Southern Illinois Mayors Association, N 31.
    National Association Community Action Agencies, D 31.
Environment and energy (see ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY)
Quad cities
    The state of the State 1987, F 6-7.
    Regional Economic Development Authority, Ap 32.
    Megamerger of Quad Cities? O 22-23.
    Humanities award [Comm University], N 33.

■ MEDIA
Guidelines for evaluating campaign polls, My 38-39.
McManus wins Lisagor award, AgS 67, 69.
Who owns the free press? Ap 23-25; My 13.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    New Illinois Issues board members, Ja 32.
    Chicago mayoral press secretary, Mr 34.
    Heinecke: Association of School Administrators, Mr 34.
    Koch: Public Relations Society of America, Mr 35.
    Chancellor; Andreas: Order of Lincoln, Mr 35.
    ISBA gets new communications director, Je 35.
    Changes in the Statehouse press corps, My 35, 39.
    Gov's assistant press secretary: Hickman, O 33.
Right to know (see PRIVACY & RIGHT TO KNOW)

■ MINORITIES
Brooks' poetry and place in literature, F 21.
NIU's Southeast Asian Studies gets grant, My 39, 41.
Immigration laws, Ap 20; My 6.
Atlas of Illinois election data, Jl 14.
Abattoirs and packinghouses [union history], Jl 27.
Color line [civil rights movement], Jl 27-28.
Hegemony to plurality [UC school of sociology], Jl 30.
Foreign affairs [South Africa disvestment], Jl 33.
[Human Rights Department] Tucker honored, AgS 69.
Committee on juvenile court [minority members], O 33.
Asian American businesses, N 6.
Award — again [Project Match: Cabrini Green], D 31.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Committee: Minority Access to Higher Ed, Mr 34.
    Illinois Human Rights Commission, Ap 29.
Jesse Jackson
    Jesse Jackson and U of I quarterbacks, F 7.
    Favorite son: Jesse Jackson, F 11-13.
    1988 elections (see ELECTIONS)
Chicago and Cook County (see CHICAGO & COOK COUNTY)
Community organizing (see COMMUNITY ORGANIZING)
Elections (see ELECTIONS)
Housing (see HOUSING)
Roland Burris (see COMPTROLLER)
Redistricting (see LEGISLATURE)
Voting rights act (single district representation)
    Craven honored by ACLU, Mr 43.
    Referenda can change election method [county board], Mr 30.

■ PHILANTHROPY
Four Illinoisans: MacArthur Foundation fellows, N 33.
Ford award [Project Match, Cabrini Green], D 31.
Woods Charitable Fund announces awards, D 33.
President's Volunteer Action Awards, D 34.

■ POLITICS
Jourdan new state GOP chairman, Mr 32, 34.
Democrats fail to oust LaRouche from ballot, Mr 26.
Roland W. Burris: vice chairman of DNC, O 33.
Permission needed to use party names, O 24.
Sheriff O'Grady [RNC], D 13, 14.

■ PRIVACY & RIGHT TO KNOW
Personnel records; teacher suspensions, Ja 30.
Freedom of Information Award, Ap 37. Confidentiality of rape counseling upheld, My 32-33.
No child porn in home, Je 32.
Zoning restrictions on 'adult' businesses, Jl 34.
Heirens case [use of drugs to get confession], O 32-33.
Tax info not confidential, D 27.
Woods Fund [right-to-know ordinances on toxics], D 33.

■ PUBLIC AID & WELFARE
AFDC benefits, Ap 26, 27; Je 36, 37, 38.
Medicaid payments to providers, My 30.
Shils [social work] honored: Rockford Institute, D 33, 34.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    DPA's Bureau of Internal Affairs, Ap 37.
    CARE pushes tax hike for human services, Je 33.
    Suter replaces Duffy: Public Aid, N 27.
Welfare reform
    Welfare reform revisited, Ap 26.
    500,000 Illinois children, Je 36-38.
    Welfare reform: progress but no money, AgS 47, 55.
    Project Chance gets new board of governors, AgS 58.
    Award — again [Project Match], D 31.

■ PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (see LABOR)

■ RELIGION
Community organizing, Ja 10-14; Ap 18-22; Ag 41, 42. Church-run day care exempt: state licensing, Ap 28.

■ SECRETARY OF STATE
Edgar and Ryan: poised for the race, Je 14-17.
Political dominoes [Thompson vice presidency], Ji 8-9; O 19.
Edgar named NASS president, D 29.

■ STATE REPORTS
State Reports, Ja 35; F 7; Mr 37; Ap 33; My 37; Je 35; Jl 37; AgS 63; N 29; D 29.
Merritt, Anna J., Ja 35; F 7; Mr 37; Ap 33; My 37; Je 35; Jl 37; AgS 63; N 29; D 29.

■ SPORTS
Bring the Hamittonian home! My 34.
While Sox, Je 8. Saving the Sox. AgS 51-52.
Prairie State Games at Ul July 20-23, Je 33.
Stadia: football v. basketball? D 32-33.

■ TAXES
Legislative agenda without Mayor Washington, Ja 4-5.
The ambition of Roland Burris, Ja 15-17.
Liquor tax revenues, Ja 29.
The state of the State 1987, F 6-7.
Interstate sales taxes, F 19.
Education and taxes: last year and this year, Mr 6-7.
The natural revenue growth that isn't, Ap 8-11.
General funds revenues, FY 1979 to 1987, Ap 10.
State taxes: Pontiac, Ap 16, 17. Macomb, My 29-30. Evergreen Park, Je 27. Mt. Vernon, Jl 18,19.
[Chicago] Gas tax constitutional, Ap 28.
Taxes and the economy: cause and effect. My 10-12.
The importance of being educated [poll], My 23.
Senator Sam [Vadalabene], My 31-32.
Crises without courage, Je 8-9.
Tax increase? Readers' insights, Je 18-19.
CARE pushes tax hike, Je 33.
Revenue: Growth or shrinkage? AgS 12-14.
The suburbs 'deserve at least a crumb,' AgS 15.
Mike Madigan, AgS 18-21.
Property tax assessments, AgS 26-28.
The tax hike: 'A' for effort, AgS 46-47.
Sales tax reform, AgS 48-49.
Saving the Sox [tax scheme], AgS 51-52.
Machine food [sales taxes], AgS 56.
Weight loss [Chicago amusement tax], AgS 58.
Tax refund legislation, O 24.
Tax on private sale of used cars, N 10.
Corporate personal property tax: Replaced? D 10-11.
Tax break scratched for Illinois gasohol, D 226.
Alcoholic beverages: same kick, same tax, D 26.
Tax info not confidential, D 27.
Stadia: football v. basketball? D 32-33.
Appointments (resignations, etc.)
    Sweet: Federation of Tax Administrators, N 31.

■ TRANSPORTATION
Abe Lincoln Memorial Bridge [LaSalle County], Mr 32.
"Lemon law" for new cars and trucks, O 24.
Food and drink on mass transit buses, O 24.
Appointments
    Bi-State Development Agency, Ap 29.
    Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, My 35.
    Department of Transportation: Leonis, O 33
DUI law and seatbelts (see HEALTH & SAFETY)

■ TREASURER
Political dominoes [Thompson vice presidency], Jl 8, 9.

■ UTILITIES
ComEd [PCB cleanup in Chicago], D 20-24.
ComEd Chicago franchise referenda, D 23,24; 33.
Clean coal technology awards, D 31, 33.
IICC's Bodine receives fellowship, D 34.
Appointments
    IICC's new Office of General Counsel, Ja 31
    News from the IICC, My 33-34.

■ VETERANS
Colleges must pay on veterans' scholarships. F 19.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Ap 37.
Senator Sam [Vadalabene], My 31-32.
Vets Council: [radiation and agent orange], N 27.

■ WOMEN
Confidentiality of rape counseling upheld, My 32-33.
Businesswomen conference, My 35.
Time to stop child pornography, AgS 15.
Women in Government hold elections, O 33.
Other appointments and issues (see subject headings)