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By Amanda Vinicky

ELECTION '06: Meet the Gubernatorial Candidates

Springfield, IL – On March 21st, Democrats and Republicans will choose their candidates for Governor. Governor Rod Blagojevich has a Democratic challenger, and there are five Republicans seeking their party's nomination. From Springfield, Amanda Vinicky starts our series on where the candidates stand on the issues with this overview.

By Sean Crawford

ELECTION '06: The State Budget

Springfield, IL – Most of the candidates running for Illinois Governor say the state's fiscal condition has only gotten worse over the past four years. Sean Crawford reports on their proposals to improve the state's financial health in this installment of our series on the gubernatorial candidates and the big campaign issues.

By Rachel Lippmann

ELECTION '06: Health Care

Springfield, IL – There's a sharp difference of opinion among the gubernatorial candidates over the state of health care in Illinois. The incumbent says it's fine ... and touts his accomplishments in expanding access without raising taxes. But others paint a less rosy picture.

Rachel Lippmann continues our series of issue profiles with the candidate's prescriptions for health care in Illinois.

By Chris Lehman

DeKalb, IL – We also talked with the co-president of the Muslim Student Association at Northern Illinois University. Hiba Abdallah wrote a column that appeared in the paper the same day as the cartoons. She says she first heard about the controversial cartoons while watching a television news program. Then she went online to see what all the fuss was about

By Chris Lehman

DeKalb, IL – On February 13, Northern Illinois University's student-run newspaper, the Northern Star, published the 12 controversial Danish cartoons that have sparked protests by Muslims around the world. Muslims object to the depiction of the Prophet Muhammed in the cartoons. The drawings were re-published in several European newspapers, but most American papers have declined to run them.