Articles filed under Political Figures
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Kelly not cooperating; Blago quotes Elvis while chatting up reportersDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The attorney for a key confidant to Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Wednesday that he is not cooperating with investigators as part of a coming plea deal. Chris Kelly, a form...
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Obama names three more to economic teamDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday named three veteran regulators to round out his economic team and vowed to revamp regulatory rules to prevent a repeat of the fi...
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Gov. Blagojevich on his own for legal billsDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Taxpayers will not have to foot the bill to defend Gov. Rod Blagojevich against criminal charges or moves to oust him from office, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan...
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Obama to name LaHood transportation headDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Ray LaHood has said he wanted to write his memoirs now that he is retiring from the U.S. House of Representatives after 14 years. But it looks like the Peoria legislator...
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Obama looking at $850 billion jolt to the economyDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Eager to jolt a worsening economy back to life, President-elect Barack Obama's aides are assembling a two-year stimulus package that could cost $850 billi...
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Blagojevich not talking todayDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has no plans to address the public today, despite having said Wednesday he would, according to his spokesman. Blagojevich showed up at his office a...
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Blagojevich attorney: Wiretaps were illegalDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The lawyer for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says federal investigators illegally monitored his client's conversations. Attorney Ed Genson told the Ho...
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Lawyer: Governor was all talk, no actionDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich is a jabbermouth who talked big but never actually did anything, so there's no grounds to remove him from office, his attorney told la...
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State high court refuses to hear motion declaring Blagojevich unfitDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she's disappointed the Illinois Supreme Court has refused to hear her challenge to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's fitness to se...
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Blagojevich's legal troubles could be mountingDec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - A key aide to Illinois' governor has moved to plead guilty to federal charges less than a week after Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges. Chris Kell...