Illinois Supreme Court Candidate Forum Set For Chicago
Organizers say six of the seven primary candidates running to replace retired Justice Charles Freeman are expected to attend.
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Organizers say six of the seven primary candidates running to replace retired Justice Charles Freeman are expected to attend.
All five rescinded their approvals of the ERA amendment before a congressionally mandated ratification deadline more than 40 years ago, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery said Thursday.
For nearly two years, the wife of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich made Trump's own travails the centerpiece of the strategy to free her husband.
Could Rod Blagojevich's sentence commutation threaten efforts to bring other politicians to justice?
"Through all channels, through all connections, that anyone had, we just could not get answers to those petitions."
"From beginning to end, this was persecution masquerading as prosecution," Blagojevich said a day after his early release from prison.
From the investigation that started in the early 2000s to his release from federal prison Tuesday, taxpayers have been on the hook for nearly two decades worth expenses involved with prosecuting a former governor.
This week, the DCFS was called to task in front of state legislators for shackling foster kids.
The City Council is placing new limits on side jobs for some city employees, closing a loophole that allowed them to work for private contractors who have government deals they oversee.
One spending boost not tied to that extra revenue is $147 million more for the Department of Children and Family Services after a particularly troubling year. An inspector general's report released in January indicated that 123 children who died last year had been in contact with the Department of Children and Family Services.
As he prepared to get on a flight back to Chicago Tuesday night, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump for commuting his 14-year prison sentence.
At least one person who was close to Blagojevich's case did not agree that releasing him was an act of justice.
When all else failed, he and his wife Patti Blagojevich began what some call a direct, public plea to President Trump, hoping he'd sympathize and set Blagojevich free.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and President Donald Trump have a history going back many years – to a time well before Blagojevich went to prison and before Trump was best known as a politician.
"It's important those found guilty serve their prison sentences."
