Articles filed under Political Figures
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Jackson: I did not 'promise anything' to governorDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said Wednesday he did not offer money or anything else improper to Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for appointment to a vacant U.S. Senate s...
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Deputy governor resignsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee says he can't talk about his resignation as one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top aides. In a brief telephone conversation with The ...
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What was Blagojevich thinking?Dec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - When a spokesman for House Speaker Michael Madigan suggested the governor was a "sociopath" this summer, the dig was chalked up to a bitter rivalry between the two Democ...
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Officials: Obama chooses energy, enviro postsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama intends to round out his environmental and natural resources team with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and three former Enviro...
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Obama calls for Gov. Blagojevich to resignDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama called for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to resign on Wednesday, hours after the embattled governor reported for work amid charges he plotte...
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Why Blagojevich could remain in power for foreseeable futureDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Calls for his resignation are multiplying, state lawmakers are considering impeachment and stripping away his ability to name a U.S. senator, but for now a...
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Tribune's Zell says FBI contacted him in gov. caseDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Tribune Co. Chairman and CEO Sam Zell acknowledged Wednesday that he has been contacted by the FBI in connection with the corruption investigation involving Gov. Rod Bla...
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Blago's arrest puts spotlight on his wifeDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich has some close company in his misery. His arrest this week on corruption charges also shone a spotlight on Patti Blagojevich, his wife and a mother ...
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Republicans eyeing Senate seat for comebackDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - With the prospect of a special Senate election as the sitting Democratic governor is accused of a "political corruption crime spree," Illinois Republicans may be seeing ...
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Blagojevich joins 'governors in trouble' listDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich joined a rather unpleasant list Tuesday - PardonPower's list of "governors in trouble." Here is the list, compiled by P.S. Ruckman, the founder of p...