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Illinois Issues
A publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield
July / August 1998 --- Volume XXIV, Nos. 7&8

FEATURES
12 All for One by James Krohe Jr. As regionalism takes root across the nation, it's clear the best plan is homegrown.

19 Been there, tried that by Jennifer Haiperin Another aging metropolis discovers Rome wasn't built in a day. But it was built.

22 Great Lakes fate by Robert Kuhn McGregor People are just one more species affecting the ecology of the Great Lakes. The worst one.

26 Tourism and history by Jessica Winski Heritage tourism is the fastest-growing segment of the industry.

28 Tourism and art by Jennifer Davis Cultural tourism can help revive communities.

30 Congress Watch by Toby Eckert The federal transportation rewrite puts more pressure on Illinois' highway budget.

32 Books: essays and reviews by Bill Barnhart & Gene Schlickman; James D. Nowlan; Catherine 0'Connor

35 WILL THE INTERNET CIRCUMVENT THE TAX MAN? Is the New Global Economy Leaving State-Local Tax Structures Behind? THOMAS BONNETT, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1998 Reviewed by James D. Nowlan

DEPARTMENTS
3 Conversation with the Publisher by Ed Wojcicki

4 Editor's Notebook by Peggy Boyer Long

6 State of the State by Jennifer Davis Campaign finance reform

8 Briefly by Peggy Boyer Long

36 A WIDER VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE HENRY THOREAU'S STUDY OF NATURE ROBERT KUHN MCGREGOR UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 1997 Reviewed by Catherine O'Connor

37 Q&A Question & Answer by Robert Kuhn McGregor

38 People by Jennifer Davis

40 Letters

41 A View from the Suburbs by Madeleine Doubek A conservative harvest

42 Politics by Charles N. Wheeler III Jim Edgar's last hurrah

Credits: The computer-generated artwork on this month's cover and on pages 12 through 25 were produced by free-lance designer Daisy Langston Juarez.

Illinois Issues July/August 1998/5

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