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Illinois stories: 288 news summaries

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 State Reps Tell 
 Burris to Resign 

Senator omitted important info during January hearings

Feb 15, 09 5:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Two Illinois Republicans are calling on Sen. Roland Burris to resign amid allegations he committed perjury during the Rod Blagojevich impeachment hearings, Fox News reports. State representatives Jim Durkin and Tom Cross are also demanding an outside investigation. "I think it would be in the best interest of the... More »

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impeachment • perjury • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • Roland Burris • Republicans

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich's camp asked Roland Burris for money before nominating him to take Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Burris revealed the request, for up to $10,000 in campaign contributions, in an affidavit dated Feb. 5—3 weeks after he was sworn in. Burris didn't... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • US Senate • pay to play • Illinois House of Representatives • Roland Burris

Illinois Awash
in Philandering Drunks: Blago

Deposed guv rails against 'holier than thou' lawmakers

Feb 12, 09 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - The lawmakers who deposed Rod Blagojevich are “holier than thou” hypocrites, the ex-guv declared on a radio show this morning, saying that Springfield is full of anonymous lawmakers who drink too much and cheat on their wives. “This is how the system in Springfield works,” he said.... More »

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Springfield • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Illinois representatives • Illinois State Senate

 Peterson Fiancee, 
 After Bolting, 
 Moves Back In 

Father vows to break up daughter, murder suspect

Feb 11, 09 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s latest galpal—who claimed last week their engagement was nothing more than a publicity stunt—has moved back in with the suspected wife killer, the Joliet Herald News reports. The move comes less than two weeks after 24-year-old Christina Raines moved out of Peterson’s house with... More »

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murder • publicity stunt • Illinois • engagement • suspect • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • cohabitation • Christina Raines • fiancee

(Newser) - Rife with mistreated patients and poor conditions, nearly one quarter of US nursing homes received 1 out of 5 stars in a new Washington rating program. “The conditions described are grim and, at times, deadly,” Sam Roe writes in the Chicago Tribune of Illinois’ one-star homes. Cold food,... More »

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elderly • nursing homes • Illinois

OPINION

Blago College Bud Saw
Some of This Coming

Back then, he was 'honing his craft:' Powell

Feb 5, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich’s media blitz during his impeachment trial puzzled many, but not his best college bud. “Rod wanted to be Barack, and has been driven to distraction by the press’s fawning over him,” Bill Powell tells Men’s Journal. He recalls college-age Blago, a youthful prankster... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Richard Nixon • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • President Obama

(Newser) - A little thing like being impeached isn't going to stop Rod Blagojevich from making the media rounds. The ousted Illinois governor showed up on Letterman tonight, and Dave's first question was, "Why exactly are you here, honest to God?" When Blagojevich joked that he's always wanted to be on... More »

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Chicago • impeachment • Illinois • David Letterman • governor • Rod Blagojevich

 Illinois Pols Offered 
 Me Easy Out: Blago 

Replacement denies deal to keep him on as 'incapacitated governor'

Feb 3, 09 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich said today that shortly after his December arrest by federal authorities, he was approached by “leading senators” who offered him a chance to stay on as an “incapacitated governor,” the Chicago Tribune reports. The deal, which the now-impeached governor rejected, would have been contingent on... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Today show • Illinois State Senate • Pat Quinn • Senate seat

(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s purported ex-fiancée said today that their marital plan was "more like a stunt,” the Huffington Post reports. Christina Raines confirmed that they dated, but said the engagement was cooked up by Peterson's lawyer, who “had wanted him to be in the media and... More »

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publicity stunt • Illinois • engagement • hoax • Drew Peterson • Christina Raines • fiancee • sham

UPDATED

Blago Blitzes TV Again Tomorrow

Disgraced guv will start with Today, hit Larry King, van Susteren,
and Letterman

Feb 2, 09 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Though last week’s TV blitz didn’t save his job, Rod Blagojevich is coming back for another round tomorrow, the AP reports. The ousted Illinois governor will start on NBC’s Today and continue into the evening, for interviews with CNN’s Larry King and Fox News’ Greta Van... More »

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television • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • David Letterman • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal

Blago Wanted
to Quit, Says Father-in-Law

Chicago power broker says daughter's hubby hoped to avoid ouster

Jan 31, 09 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Illinois' newest ex-governor wanted to jump before he was pushed, Rod Blagojevich's estranged father-in-law tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Richard Mell, a powerful Chicago alderman credited with launching Blago's career, says his son-in-law, despite his denials, wanted to avoid being ousted "but he didn't reach out to anybody" in state... More »

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corruption • impeachment • resignation • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Patti Blagojevich

(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s fiancée ended their relationship today and moved out—with a little help from the police, her dad, and Dr. Phil, the Chicago Tribune reports. Christina Raines first called her father for help moving. After arriving with a cameraman from Dr. Phil's show in tow, he... More »

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murder • Illinois • suspect • wife • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • Christina Raines • fiancee

Meet Blago's Unlikely Replacement

Crusader Quinn promises to 'fumigate' state government

Jan 30, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich never wanted Patrick Quinn as his running mate. Few Democrats would. Quinn is a notorious gadfly, who’s spent 40 years ruffling feathers with his populist crusades and citizens’ initiatives, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. He’s not planning on calming down as governor, either. “We can... More »

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Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • lieutenant governor • Pat Quinn

Blago's Final Day: Dark Humor Amid
the Gloom

Ex-gov finds lighter
side as he exits

Jan 30, 09 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich—now the former governor of Illinois—spent his last day in office in characteristic fashion: a stew of gallows humor, bitter recrimination, and concern about how he looked (literally and figuratively). A New York Times reporter flew with him from Chicago to Springfield and back, as he lurched... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich remained unapologetic after the Illinois Senate added him to the ranks of the unemployed today, MSNBC reports. "I'm obviously saddened and disappointed by what's happened, but not surprised," said the impeached governor. "It's a very dangerous precedent to set because a whole bunch of politicians... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal

(Newser) - The Illinois Senate voted unanimously today to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich and remove him from office, the Chicago Tribune reports. Senators also barred him from holding any future office in the state. Blagojevich, accused of essentially putting a Senate seat up for sale, appeared before the body earlier in the... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • scandal

UPDATED

 Prosecutor: Blago Has 
 No 'Right to Be Governor' 

Rebuttal of governor's speech comes as impeachment trial nears conclusion

Jan 29, 09 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The Illinois House prosecutor gave a forceful rebuttal today to Rod Blagojevich’s closing speech, in the last act of the governor’s impeachment trial before the state Senate deliberates on his fate, the Chicago Tribune reports. “He doesn’t have a constitutional right to be governor,” David... More »

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corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Illinois State Senate • David Ellis

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich gave a passionate defense of himself at his Illinois Senate impeachment trial today, saying he had done “absolutely nothing wrong,” and reiterating his grievances—that he wasn’t allowed to bring witnesses, and that there is no real evidence against him, save for the infamous wiretap... More »

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impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

OPINION

 Blago's a Clown, 
 and That's Not Funny 

Blagojevich is not some kind of clown here to amuse you

Jan 29, 09 9:16 AM CST
(Newser) - These days, everyone seems to find Rod Blagojevich hilarious. Everyone, that is, except the state of Illinois, writes David Broder of the Washington Post. When Blagojevich went on TV instead of testifying at his impeachment hearing, there wasn’t a hint of outrage. The media “treated Blagojevich as... More »

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impeachment • comedy • Gene Robinson • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Dana Milbank

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich will show up at his own impeachment trial after all. The Illinois governor will appear before the state Senate tomorrow, the Chicago Tribune reports. Blagojevich won't take questions but will deliver a closing argument on his own behalf. State senators could vote to remove him from office later... More »

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Chicago • corruption • impeachment • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich

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