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At the hub of the state's bureaucracy, Central Management Services is big business. And more and more often, more and more of that business is going on…
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Quincy’s Bayview Bridge provides both a path across the Mississippi River and a metaphoric glimpse across the globe. The cable structure bears a striking…
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Illinois Issues’ Statehouse Bureau Chief Pat Guinane sat down with the four legislative leaders to discuss some topics, new and old that will confront the…
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Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. A perusal of back issues of this magazine yields a striking continuity in many of the…
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Chicago preserved a piece of its history, while Springfield erased part of its past.In both cases, these communities were reacting to public art that was…
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State budget cuts have threatened to take a bite out of Golden Apple teacher scholarships. But while the governor has been seeking to eliminate funding…
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State of the State: Gambling on a veto-session fix is risky with so many old stakes still at the tabOnce again, November presents legislators with a cornucopia of issues steeped in urgency. And, as in past years, lawmakers say it will be the leftovers…
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If next month's election turns out the way just about everyone expects, Illinois will send one Harvard-educated African American to Washington, D.C., and…
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State of the State: Gap in presidential preference is so slight uncounted votes could decide contestAs an especially close election enters its final stage, George W. Bush and John Kerry are courting a small but increasingly significant minority:…
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Don’t go near guns. This is sound advice for ambitious politicians eyeing state office. Guns — specifically, who can own which kinds — pose a deadly…