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Pioneering AIDS Fund In Jeopardy
The Chicago Reporter has the inside scoop on whether public health activists around the state will launch "a last ditch effort" to pressure lawmakers to reinstate $3 million in cuts to the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund, a program that "put Illinois on the map as a national pioneer in HIV and AIDS funding for black communities."Nervous Energy
Illinois Issues' Bethany Jaeger runs down the budget mess in Springfield, noting that Gov. Blagojevich's icy relationship with the General Assembly could doom his four-point plan to fix the deficit. "So far," says Jaeger, "it seems as though the state is running in place."Is Chicago Ready For Reform?
Analyzing ward-by-ward election results, Mechanics' Rasmin Canon says the breakdown of votes on Con-Con, the 2006 Claypool/Stroger primary, and the 2007 aldermanic races suggests "mayor and aldermanic incumbents are susceptible to a challenge from candidates willing to make a city-wide case for a new direction."
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