| | 4621: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale conducted its second annual statewide public opinion survey in the fall of 2009. As in the inaugural survey in 2008, the Institute asked Illinoisans about their quality of life and about ways to deal with the states crippling budget deficitswhether cutting government spending or enhancing revenues. We also asked their opinions on a number of political and electoral reform ideas that had been well publicized over the summer of 2009 by the Illinois Reform Commission, appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinns takeover from the impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to promise a new era of cleaner, more transparent government. | | | | Date Created: | 02-03-2010 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 17 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054656 Original UID: 176067 FIRST WORD: Ethical | |
| 4622: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This paper examines the recent history of state appropriated funding for higher education in Illinois. It covers the fourteen years from Fiscal Year 1997 through 2010. It also reviews some of the most important literature on public budgeting and relates that academic literature to the recent record of how the State of Illinois has handled its budgets over the past few years and what this has meant to the agencies of the state in terms of planning and decision making. The paper takes some of the abstract and theoretical literature and applies it to the very real case study of educations struggle with recent budgeting decisions in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 04-14-2010 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 18 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054657 Original UID: 176068 FIRST WORD: Higher | |
| 4623: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 May | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This paper will explore the changes proposed by the recent Illinois Reform Commission, many of which have been tried in other states. Within the political science literature there is much discussion on how these policies work. Recent polls in Illinois show that voters of the state are deeply dissatisfied with their state government (Crow, 2010; Leonard, 2010, The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, 2010). Thus, any measures which may reduce the level of alienation and distrust are worth examining. This paper will review the available and relevant literature on the Illinois Reform Commissions recommendations and apply it to Illinois in anattempt to weigh the possible benefits of adopting such policies. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2010 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 19 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054658 Original UID: 176069 FIRST WORD: Institutional | |
| 4624: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In April 2010, The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute fielded the inaugural Southern Illinois Poll. We surveyed 401 registered voters in the region on political, public policy, and cultural issues in order to begin building an opinion database on this sparsely populated, relatively little-studied corner of the state. We hope to field a new Southern Illinois poll every spring. | | | | Date Created: | 06-28-2010 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 20 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054659 Original UID: 176070 FIRST WORD: Results | |
| 4625: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 July | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 1972, when I was teaching in the history department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, the late Senator Paul Simon, then Lieutenant Governor, lost in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois. I was sad and said to myself that if he ever ran again, I would help in his campaign. | | | | Date Created: | 08-08-2010 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 21 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054660 Original UID: 176071 FIRST WORD: The | |
| 4626: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois experienced two extraordinarily close elections at the top of the ticket on November 2, 2010. In a race with national interest and implications five-term Republican Congressman Mark Kirk bested Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias by a narrow margin after a very competitive race. | | | | Date Created: | 01-24-2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 22 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054661 Original UID: 176072 FIRST WORD: 2010 | |
| 4627: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The state of Illinois currently maintains a major budget deficit of approximately $15 billion. Such a deficit undoubtedly impacts the normal delivery of state programs and services to the public in a negative manner. Consequently, gubernatorial candidates, elected officials, and public policy organizations have introduced several proposals regarding Illinois budget deficits for discussion and consideration into the public arena. In this process of public consideration, Illinois voters have the opportunity to actively support or oppose the merits of these proposals by voting in favor or against certain candidates who support or oppose them and by expressing their opinions directly to their state representatives and senators who might eventually vote on a particular proposal in the legislative process. They can also be informed citizens about the general content and merit of these proposals by paying attention to news reports, public debates, policy seminars, and survey results. | | | | Date Created: | 01-25-2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 23 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054662 Original UID: 176073 FIRST WORD: Alternatives | |
| 4628: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute conducted its third annual Simon Poll in the fall of 2010. The Institute is using its series of statewide polls to build a time series of statewide opinion on budgetary, governmental ethics, and quality of life issues, as well as addressing other topics important to the state of Illinois. Last year, as in 2008, another election year, we included horse race questions on important state electoral contests in this case the races for Illinois governor and United States Senator from Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 03-31-2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 24 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054663 Original UID: 176074 FIRST WORD: Results | |
| 4629: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Southern Illinois is a land rich in history, culture and friendly people. Its topography was originally shaped by the great glaciers of the Ice Age, which pushed this far south, leaving a hilly and rough terrain that is much different from the rich and flat farmland of central and northern Illinois. There are advantages to this physical terrain in terms of natural beauty; however, those advantages are also mitigated by the impact on farming, as most of southern Illinois supports only smaller and more marginal farms. | | | | Date Created: | 04-28-2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 25 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054664 Original UID: 176075 FIRST WORD: Climate | |
| 4630: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This paper documents the partisanship of the elected county officials throughout Illinois for two different periods. The baseline chosen is 1975-1976 and the latest data are taken from 2009-2010. | | | | Date Created: | 08-12-2011 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 26 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054665 Original UID: 176076 FIRST WORD: Friends | |
| 4631: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute conducted its inaugural statewide public opinion survey in the fall of 2008, with the hope of compiling a time series of Illinois voters opinions on important public policy issues of the day. This issue of the Simon Review presents an analysis of the fourth annual Simon Poll, conducted October 11 - 16, 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 01-30-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 27 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054666 Original UID: 176077 FIRST WORD: The | |
| 4632: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This oral history project concerning the election of the Illinois Senate President in 1977 came about as a result of several conversations between former State Senator Ken Buzbee (D-Carbondale) and Mike Lawrence, former Director of The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. | | | | Date Created: | 02-03-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 28 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054667 Original UID: 176078 FIRST WORD: 1977 | |
| 4633: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The life of Alexander Lane is an inspiring tale of a man who rose from life as the son of a slave in the post-Civil War South to become a leading Chicago physician and Illinois state legislator. | | | | Date Created: | 02-24-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 29 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054668 Original UID: 176079 FIRST WORD: From | |
| 4634: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | States regularly redraw the boundaries of their congressional districts and their legislative districts. The United States Constitution requires this process to be conducted every ten years,directly following the census. The idea behind regular redistricting efforts is centered on ensuring that each person is equally represented in our government. As populations change, redistricting efforts are meant to ensure that voters continue to be represented equally. However, the process of redistricting has always been a topic of controversy because it has been freighted with concerns the process is unfair, partial, and corrupt. | | | | Date Created: | 04-23-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 30 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054669 Original UID: 176080 FIRST WORD: Redistricting | |
| 4635: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Sandra Day OConnor and Congressman Lee Hamilton have called on schools to bring high-quality civic education to every American student. Local schools and administrators must change how civic learning is taught from the dry facts of history and the structure of government to an emphasis on how citizens can and must participate in civic life. | | | | Date Created: | 05-16-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 31 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054670 Original UID: 176081 FIRST WORD: How | |
| 4636: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2012 the Illinois Presidential Primary was an important strategic victory for Mitt Romney in his march to the Republican Presidential nomination. It was a timely victory set at an important juncture in the complicated nominations calendar and one which helped boost his claim to be the party's favorite and the strongest candidate for the fall contest with President Obama. | | | | Date Created: | 08-01-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 32 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054671 Original UID: 176082 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 4637: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 October | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 1972 a group of Illinois legislators and a lobbyist were indicted for taking bribes from Material Services Corporation to insure the passage of a bill that would help the company transport heavy materials on Illinois roads. In what became known as the Cement Bribery Trial four legislators, including a former Speaker of the House, and a lobbyist were convicted in October of 1976. Two legislators and Lester Crown, the chief executive of Material Services, testified against the defendants.i The company executive was granted immunity and not indicted, while the two legislators were sentenced under plea agreements. Twenty other members of the General Assembly were linked to the bribery scheme by testimony at the trial, but were not indicted. | | | | Date Created: | 10-22-2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 33 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054672 Original UID: 176083 FIRST WORD: Lessons | |
| 4638: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This paper describes and analyzes President Obamas 2012 election victory in Illinois and compares it to his earlier victory in 2008 in his home state. It also extends the analysis back through the 2004 and 2000 presidential elections and shows how those results were similar and where they differed. It primarily relies on the county and county election returns supplemented by U. S. Census data as the unit of analysis. The paper sets Illinois into a national electoral context describing what is happening in an era of deep partisan polarization coupled with the prospects for a partisan realignment. | | | | Date Created: | 02-14-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 34 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054673 Original UID: 176084 FIRST WORD: President | |
| 4639: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Despite repeated reform efforts by a variety of activists and reform groups, the process by which reapportionment is accomplished in Illinois falls far short of the ideal. A set of cosmetic reforms was enacted at the end of the last decade, but the process is not transparent and still easily hijacked for partisan and incumbent advantage by the leadership of the General Assembly. The system falls even farther short of ideal when compared to the relatively apolitical and efficient system employed in neighboring Iowa. This paper demonstrates the anti-democratic nature of the current process and examines the mechanisms by which reform efforts have been thwarted in the recent past. The continued abuse of the apportionment process serves to perpetuate the control of a power elite in Illinois, which, in turn, prevents consideration of policy proposals that hold the potential to alleviate the host of other problems that plague the state. | | | | Date Created: | 05-15-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 35 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054674 Original UID: 176085 FIRST WORD: There's | |
| 4640: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The question of whether a legislator should have his or her years of service capped by term limits is an issue that demands attention because of significant voter support in Illinois. Legislative term limits have long been a popular response to perceived corruption or inaction in politics. Almost eight in ten [voters] (78.7 percent) favor, and more than half [of voters] (54.0 percent) strongly favor term limits.1 However, since term limits are not currently incorporated into any article of The Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 (hereinafter Illinois Constitution), those supporting term limits must amend the constitution to include them. This task is easier said than done. | | | | Date Created: | 04-21-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | Paper # 36 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000054675 Original UID: 176086 FIRST WORD: Voter | |
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