Political Newcomer Enters Race For Illinois' 14th
A 61-year-old political newcomer has entered the Democratic race for Illinois' 14th Congressional District.
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A 61-year-old political newcomer has entered the Democratic race for Illinois' 14th Congressional District.
Deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Friday will have to tell the court where he wants to spend his 14 years behind bars.
Members of the Republican Congressional delegation in Illinois hope to get around state lawmakers' unwillingness to pass concealed carry legislation, by means of federal law.
Tea Party star U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) says he will run for reelection next year in the redrawn 8th District, rather than end up in a primary fight against a fellow Republican.
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) was speaking out for the first time on Thursday about the 14-year sentence handed down to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
A day after he was sentenced to 14 years in prison, disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich got more bad news when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued a legal opinion that he shouldn't collect his state pension.
Illinois lawmakers will try again to pass a measure aimed at keeping two of the state's largest companies from jumping ship.
Rod Blagojevich's brother, Robert, said the former governor was "holding up very well" on Thursday, a day after a federal judge sentenced him to 14 years in prison for his convictions on 18 fraud charges.
The two young daughters of deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich are certain to encounter difficulty as they experience life with their father in prison, an expert says.
A panel of federal judges has tossed a Republican lawsuit that challenged the Democrat-drawn map of new Illinois legislative districts.
Former Rod Blagojevich attorney Sam Adam Jr. still maintains that if all the tapes of wiretapped conversations had been played at trial, the outcome would have been different.
The countdown is on until deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich has to report to prison.
Illinois politicians were quick to weigh in after former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for his corruption convictions, largely saying they hope it puts an end to corruption in the governor's office.
Some well-known figures who were imprisoned for political corruption have sobering advice for ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich as he prepares to spend 14 years behind federal bars.
Members of the jury that convicted Rod Blagojevich of 17 corruption counts this past summer said they saw a very different man in court on Wednesday from the cocky, glad-handing politician they watched for more nearly two months at his trial.
