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FEATURES
14 ------ State jobs: Economic boon or bust? by David Moberg
Despite the movement to downsize government at all levels, there are many
hard-pressed, Illinois communities willing to compete for public sector jobs.
24 ------ Hey, we'd Bearly miss you by Rick Pearson
Those who want to renovate Soldier Field point to Chicago's picture-perfect
lakefront views, but football fans are sending the postcard to Mike McCaskey.
28 ------ Road to riches? by Pat Harrison
Interstates can mean profits for off-ramp towns, but poverty for those that are
bypassed. 1-39 in the northern section of the state makes a good case study.
30 ------ Conservative angels by James L. Merriner
They contribute millions of dollars to political campaigns, but they're having
a devil of a time getting much return for their investment. What gives?
34 ------ The future of garbage by Edward Field
The Chicago Board of Trade has launched an exchange for recycled paper and
plastic. Has trash reached the status of corn, lumber and bond futures
About the cover: This month's cover portrait of the Jacksonville Correctional Center was
taken by Springfield photographer Judy Spencer.
Other Credits: The picture of Steven Baer on this page came to us courtesy of The State
Journal-Register in Springfield; the sketches for the story on the Bears (pages 24-27) were
done by Mike Cramer.
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DEPARTMENTS
3 ------ A Conversation With
Our Readers
by Ed Wojcicki
4 ------ Editor's Notebook
by Peggy Boyer Long
6 ------ State of the State
by Jennifer Halperin
Farmers reap ethanol benefits
8 ------ Briefly
by Donald Sevener
36 ------ Your Turn
by Gale Cincotta
Activists need a new strategy
37 ------ Letters
38 ------ People
by Beverley Scobell
41 ------ A View From Chicago
by James Ylisela Jr.
Problems are regional
42 ------ Politics
by Charles N. Wheeler III
The GOP gets an encore
Clarification: Last month's cover featured a photograph of a Puerto Rican Independence Day parade in Chicago. We do not
wish to imply that Puerto Ricans are not
U.S. citizens.
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