Articles filed under Political Figures
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Elected on a call for reform, defiant to the end, now joblessJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - It was just six years ago that Rod Blagojevich boarded a train at Chicago's Union Station, embarking on a whistle-stop tour as his message of reform propel...
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Health care association favored BlagojevichJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The departure of Rod Blagojevich as Illinois' governor is not being celebrated in every corner of the state. Officials of Springfield-based Illinois Prima...
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Blagojevich farewell takes trappings of lonely campaignJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - In a surreal flameout to one of the most meteoric arcs in Illinois politics, Rod Blagojevich's departure from government Thursday played out more like a tiny campaign ra...
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Blagojevich grants clemency to 2 on last dayJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich granted clemency to a prominent Chicago real estate developer and a former drug dealer just hours before the Illinois Senate voted to throw him out ...
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Motorists cheer on Blagojevich sign cleansingJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - And just like that, he was gone. The 2-foot high "Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor" title displayed at the Bolingbrook toll plaza along southbound 1-355 vanished from sight ...
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Erasing all signs of former governorJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Rod Blagojevich might be gone from the governor's office, but his name is still costing taxpayers. The exact price of removing the former governor's name f...
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Quinn: Time to 'fumigate state government'Jan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn pledged Friday to make ethics reform the top priority of his new administration. "We need to fumigate state government from top to bottom," ...
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Illinoisans happy to see Blagojevich goJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinoisans who watched former Gov. Rod Blagojevich get the boot Thursday during an impeachment trial played out on national television offered up a subdued reaction fro...
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Blagojevich loses security detail post-impeachmentJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is on his own. Gov. Pat Quinn canceled Blagojevich's security detail Thursday shortly after Blagojevich was removed from office by t...
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Blagojevich ouster ends low profile of no. 2 QuinnJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Raymond Stanford has followed Illinois politics for decades, studying newspapers and watching television news. Even so, he doesn't recognize the state's new governor. "...