Illinois Issues

A publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield - March 2000 Volume XXVI, No.3

Rural Connections, page 32

Illinois Supreme Court races, paage 35

The long and grinding road, page 16

The long and grinding road 16 Commuters in Metropolitan Chicago must choose between congested roadways and spotty public transportation. by Stephanie Zimmermann

A survival route for the CTA 21 by Burney Simpson

Moving out 24 The Americans colonized Chicago, and we've been improving upon ways to leave it ever since. by David M. Young

Roarin' road buildin' 27 by Mike Jackson

To turboprop or not 28 by Lester Graham

Technology: Rural connections 32 by Bill Knight

The primary: High visibility Illinois Supreme Court races are worth
watching. 35 by Aaron Chambers & John Flynn Rooney

Voting: The more things change 37 by Robert Davis

Spotlight: Women lobbyists 40 by Heather Nickel

Conversation with the Publisher 3 by Ed Wojcicki

Editor's Notebook 4 by Peggy Boyer Long

State of the State 6 by Burney Simpson The politics of regional shifts

Briefly 8 by Rodd Whelpley

People 42 by Rodd Whelpley

Letters 44 by Rodd Whelpley

A View from Metro East 45 by Mike Lawrence finds rewardsby Patrick E. Gauen

Politics A one-term governor? 46 by Charles N. Wheeler III

CREDITS: The photograph on the cover, "Lake Street, Chicago." was taken by Glenn A. Hansen. It came to us courtesy of the Illinois Capital Development Board's Art-in- Architecture Program and is part of the state's collection at the James R, Thompson Center.

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