02167nam 2200565 450 991081372040332120200520144314.00-252-09635-5(CKB)2550000001279443(EBL)3414344(SSID)ssj0001215859(PQKBManifestationID)11688876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215859(PQKBWorkID)11188922(PQKB)11754263(MiAaPQ)EBC3414344(OCoLC)878924057(MdBmJHUP)muse32427(Au-PeEL)EBL3414344(CaPaEBR)ebr10863677(CaONFJC)MIL600633(OCoLC)923498552(EXLCZ)99255000000127944320140505h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFixing Illinois politics and policy in the Prairie State /James D. Nowlan and J. Thomas JohnsonUrbana, Illinois :University of Illinois Press,2014.©20141 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07996-5 1-306-69382-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the future of Illinois -- The changing faces of Illinois -- Fixing past budgeting sins -- Upgrading education -- Improving human services and health care -- Economic development for stability -- Transportation : maintaining our greatest strength -- Reengineering our governments -- Corruption in Illinois : an enduring tradition.Provides solutions to long-festering problems like out-of-control benefits spending, the pension debacle, high corporate tax rates, and the soaring cost of higher education.IllinoisPolitics and government320.4773Nowlan James Dunlap1941-1683339Johnson J. ThomasMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813720403321Fixing Illinois4123659UNINA