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Ten years ago this month, Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed as Illinois governor. Blagojevich was later convicted of corruption, including…
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Over the last few years, 13 residents of the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy have died from Legionnaires’ disease. Public radio station WBEZ this week…
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Musical acts for the state fair were paid up front while the artist who sculpted the fair’s iconic butter cow is still waiting for her check. Meanwhile,…
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Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner met for their third and final debate this week. As in previous debates, both candidates…
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Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner is distancing himself from the resignation of longtime Chicago Sun-Times Springfield reporter Dave…
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After Barack Obama became president, ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly considered appointing himself to Obama’s vacated Senate seat, partly out of…
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In the same 35-day span, the world saw two remarkably different faces of the Land of Lincoln.One was Barack Obama, savoring his historic win before more…
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When Gov. Rod Blagojevich summoned reporters to his Statehouse office during the November veto session, he ridiculed lawmakers as a bunch of “drunken…
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On so many levels, voters can be indifferent. In presidential elections, barely half show up at the polls. As for state government, a recent survey…
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Illinois’ political cosmos was aligned to enable Democrats to seize the House, the Senate and the Executive Mansion for the first time since Dan Walker…