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Contents September 1994

Illinois Issues
Vol. XX No. 9 Established 1974

Whither the Democrats?- Robert D. Reid
Whither the Democrats?----12

Robert D. Reid


Will Illinois go electric?- Jennifer Follis
Will Illinois
go electric?----15

Jennifer Follis

The World Cup boosts image of Chicago- Lisa Holton
The World Cup boosts image of Chicago----20
Lisa Holton

The flood that won't go away- Jennifer Halperin
The flood that won't go away----23

Jennifer Halperin

Columns

Politics
Why Illinois still needs lieutenant governor's position
Charles N. WheelerIII ______ 6

The state of the State
If Quinn's history says anything, term-limit defeat isn't the end
Jennifer Halperin_________ 9

Your Turn
Chicago trolley car project: forget this money-losing waste
Jim Tobin _____________ 10

Q&A Interview
Joseph Spagnolo: In education, 'we have to connect money with results'
Jennifer Halperin_________ 11

Chicago
Chicago deans still have clout in council policy making
Manuel Galvan__________ 38

Departments

A Conversation With Our Readers
Ed Wojcicki_____________ 3

Innovations
Beverley Scobell _________ 4

Letters _________________ 7

Legislative Action
Public Aid's emergency rule on abortion stirs lawmakers to quick review
Jennifer Halperin _________ 29

Book Review
The Secret Six bring down Al Capone

Ann Lousin _____________ 30

State Stix
Paying for schools

Donald Sevener ___________ 31

Names
B. Scobell and J.Detrick ______ 32

Judicial Rulings
F. Mark Siebert ___________ 35

State Reports
Anna J.Merritt ___________ 39

Esprit de Pol ___________ 40

Cover illustration: Mayor Richard J. Daley addresses the Democratic platform committee in the International Amphitheatre in Chicago in August 1968, during the Democratic convention. Photo by David Fornell, Chicago Daily News, courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times. An essay about what has happened to the Democratic party in Illinois since that '68 convention begins on page 12.

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