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Illinois Issues
A publication of the University of Illinois at Springfield

April 2001 Volume XXVII, No. 4

Wetland birds
Dollars for dialing
Global warming
Wetland birds, page 36 Dollars for dialing, page 17 Is it global warming yet? page 32


FEATURES

14 Fiscal Studies by Dave McKinney
  The fine print in the school spending plan means
that one out of three districts will get squeezed.

17 Dollars for dialing by Doug Finke
  The phone companies are spending millions
to win the competitive edge.

20 Will the Miami return? by Aaron chambers
  The Oklahoma tribe is suing for land along Illinois'
eastern side. But such land disputes are nothing new.

24 Remap redux by Charles N. Wheeler III
  It will be hard for Democrats to preserve Chicago's
political clout. But this is a long-standing dilemma.

28 Unplugged by Tony Man
  Should Illinoisans worry about the California crisis?
Q&A with Howard Lerner

32 Is it global warming yet? by Robert Kuhn McGregor
  Climate change is a jumping off point for a wrangle over policy.

36 Guest essay by Gail Goldberger
  Help for wetland birds

Credits: This month's cover was designed by art director Diana Nelson.

DEPARTMENTS

3 Conversation with the Publisher
       by Ed Wojcicki

4 Editor's Notebook
       by Peggy Boyer Long

6 State of the State
       by Aaron Chambers
Pols aim to quash tribal claims

8 Briefly
       by Rodd Whelpley

38 People
       by Rodd Whelpley

40 Letters

41 A View from the Suburbs
       by Madeleine Doubek
Airport talk is on the updraft

42 Politics
       by Charles N. Wheeler III
Local schools face budget squeeze


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