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Contents                         April 1994
Illinois Issues
Vol. XX No. 4 Established 1974

The gang's all here pp.13
The gang's all here
   Jennifer Halperin               13



Medicaid overhaul on the table pp.18
Medicaid overhaul on
the table

   Jay Fitzgerald                   18




Mayor Daley as conciliator pp.23
Mayor Daley as conciliator
   David H. Roeder               23




Walfare to work is possible pp.28
Walfare to work is possible
   Donald Sevener                  28


Columns
Politics
Netsch vs. Edgar promises
airing on taxes, education    Charles N. Wheeler III    6

The state of the State
Edgar's budget filled with lots
of promises, premises
   Jennifer Halperin             8

Guest Column
Rights vs. 'rights'
   Thomas N. Hines            11

Chicago
Stroger's win as loyal Democrat
for Cook County Board president
   Paul M. Green                46

Departments
Conversation with our readers
   Ed Wojcicki                        3

Letters                                 12

Legislative Action
Dueling on issues or campaigning for free publicity
   Jennifer Halperin                36

Judicial Rulings
   F. Mark Siebert                 38

Names
   Beverley Scobell and
   Julie A. Detrick                  39

Book Reviews
Modernist masterpiece set on
Chicago's south side

   Maria Mootry                     41

Election Names
Edgar-Kustra vs. Netsch-Severns;
Democrats not encumbered with
LaRouche wins

   Beverley Scobell                  42

State Stix
Housing trends
   Donald Sevener                    45

State Reports
   Anna J. Merritt       see back cover

Esprit de Pol            see back cover

Cover illustration: Gang symbols cover this wall in Rock Island. This graffiti is a way that gangs mark their turf in this and other cities across the state. Jennifer Halperin's article on gangs as a problem — with no simple solution — begins on page 13. The photographer is Jeff Cook.

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