CHICAGO — Just two weeks before his arrest on corruption charges, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich floated a plan to nominate to the U.S. Senate the da...
Jeff Norman | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
It now seems fair to consider the possibility that Reid and his allies might have decided to oppose any Blogojevich appointee ( as an act of political vindictiveness
AP | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has rejected a request that the state pay for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense. Under Illi...
AP | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich withstood a fellow Democrat's first attempt to have him quickly ousted from office when the state Supreme Cou...
Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago
Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, who has gone to the Illinois Supreme Court to try to force embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's ouster, said today she is not int...
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.14.2009 | Chicago
Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said Sunday that he should appoint a temporary Senator to fill Barack Obama's vacant seat before voters decide a longer-term replac...
AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich kissed his wife, rode in his state SUV to the office and sat down at his desk Thursday in front of a bus...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago