Contents

January 1990

Springfield's Capitol Complex: making it look more like a Capitol Complex Doug Finke 12 Chicago's Spanish-American politics in the '80s David K. Fremon 16 Satellite TV connects rural classrooms nationwide Debi Sue Edmund 19 Tough acid rain provisions of new Clean Air Act Bill Kemp 21 Preserving history, pre-history when public, private interests collide Peggy Boyer and Ray Long 24

Cover illustration: The aerial photograph shows Springfield and the Capitol Complex surrounding the architecturally striking domed Captitol. Taken last April, the photograph is looking northwest. Directly east (to the right) of the Capitol is the new State Library Building, still under construction. The photograph is courtesy the State Journal-Register, Springfield.

Columns

Politics
Education's inequities
Charles N. Wheeler IiI _______ 8

The state of the State
State school spending:
Unmet legal needs of the poor: 'A Plan for Action'?
F. Mark Siebert ___________ 10

The Rostrum
The case against fluoridation
Myrtle K. Sapora ____________ 32

The Pulse
Loss of control, loss of faith in government
Michael McKeon ___________ 34

Chicago
Chicago school reform defies conventional wisdom
John Camper _____________ 36

Departments

State Stix
Higher education: Americans earn degrees
Thomas E. Morris __________ 6

Letters ________________ 11

Legislative Action
Sales tax system: more consistent
Michael D. Klemens _________ 26

Judicial Rulings
F. Mark Siebert ___________ 27

Names ___________________ 28

Book Reviews
Illinois labor: History raises question for new generation
John H. Keiser ___________ 31

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt ___________ 38

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