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OpenlineBlog.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Chicago Tribune is reporting federal investigators have been making recent covert recordings of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as part of their ongoing investigation of corruption associated with his administration. John Wyma , who was once Blagojevich's Chief of Staff while Blago was in Congress and is an influential lobbyist with clients that include Provena Health , met Blagojevich...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Federal investigators recently made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the most dramatic step yet in their corruption investigation of him and his administration, the Tribune has learned. As part of this undercover effort, one of the governor's closest confidants and former aides cooperated with investigators, and that assistance helped lead to recordings of the governor and...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just days after shuttering several state parks and historic sites and asking for understanding from Illinoisans amid bleak economic times, Gov. Rod Blagojevich took his taxpayer-provided aircraft to Philadelphia to tell fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama how bad things are in the state they both live in. Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero defended the trip and use of the state plane, noting...
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DemConWatch (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Lynn Sweet : In a phone interview, I asked Blagojevich if he considered the vacancy an African-American seat. "I think it is a factor of a great deal of weight in my mind but it is not the only factor or the only consideration, and somebody could be the next Barack Obama who happens not to be the African American, and that person would be hard not to make a U.S. senator." ... "He's got...
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Political Wire (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich (D), "in the most detailed interview to date on how he will fill the Senate seat formerly held by President-elect Barack Obama," told Lynn Sweet his replacement "does not have to be an African American and he is open to selecting someone who would serve only the two years left in the term." However, the governor is aiming to replace Obama "before the new Senate is sworn...
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Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
WASHINGTON--Gov. Blagojevich, in the most detailed interview to date on how he will fill the Senate seat formerly held by President-elect Barack Obama, told me Tuesday his replacement does not have to be an African American and he is...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he'll travel to Philadelphia this week to join his peers at a meeting of the National Governors Association. President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden are expected to speak to the group Tuesday at Independence Hall. Blagojevich says he wants to use the meeting with Obama to discuss how the federal government can help address state...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich is telling Illinois residents that he didn't want to close seven state parks and a dozen historic sites, but he needed to make the moves to balance the budget. Blagojevich put out the statement Sunday, the same day the parks and historic sites were to close. In the statement, the governor asked Illinoisans to understand that the closings had to be made...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he'll travel to Philadelphia this week to join his peers at a meeting of the National Governors Association. President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden are expected to speak to the group Tuesday at Independence Hall. Blagojevich says he wants to use the meeting with Obama to discuss how the federal government can help address state...
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illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
by Cal Skinner Back in August 2003, when the Rod Blagojevich administration was fresh and unspoiled (as far as we knew), wife Patti announced a plan to plant prairie flowers along our interstate highways. From the map I found, the...
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Where there's a Will, there's a way (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... Knoxville. I've never had reason to blame any politician for messing up my dating life until Rod Blagojevich shut down the Dana Thomas House. That's a pretty big deal considering how meager my dating life is lately, and the Carillon Festival is six months away. For that, for the latest round of state workers to lose their jobs, and for all the much better reasons he's disliked by so many...
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Chicago news (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday announced the appointment of Dean Martinez as the state's first Latino deputy governor in the state's history.
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Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
I have some catching up to do.... Governor Rod Blagojevich joined the bandwagon of those who want President Bush to commute the prison sentence of his predecessor, Republican George Ryan. His fellow Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin, got things rolling earlier this week when he said that he is considering asking Bush for the commutation. Blagojevich, in his 2003 inaugural address lied to Illinoisans...
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Rants of a Jewish Republican (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
The ustoday.com has an article about the park closings in Illinois due to the budget shortfall and several posters to the blog and comment section are blaming everything from the Republican Party to the Bush Administration. The bottom line is the Blagojevich Administration has spent itself silly since they came into office and this is the result of that action. Blagojevich has been in...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who rode into state office pledging to clean up the corruption of his predecessor, said today that President George W. Bush should commute the federal prison sentence of former Gov. George Ryan to time served as an act of compassion. Blagojevich, making a Thanksgiving Day appearance at the Chicago Christian Industrial League, contended Ryan had paid "a significant...
