Rod R. Blagojevich was the 40th governor of Illinois. He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. Blagojevich was born in Chicago in 1956. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 and earned his law degree from Pepperdine in 1983. Prior to being elected governor, Blagojevich was a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. On December 9, 2008, Blagojevich was arrested for political corruption. The Illinois House of Representatives impeached him, and the Senate voted on January 29, 2009, to remove him from office.
Rod R. Blagojevich was the 40th governor of Illinois. He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. Blagojevich was born in Chicago in 1956. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 and earned his law degree from Pepperdine in 1983. Prior to being elected governor, Blagojevich was a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. On December 9, 2008, Blagojevich was arrested for political corruption. The Illinois House of Representatives impeached him, and the Senate voted on January 29, 2009, to remove him from office.
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Man cleared in rape case gets 17 years in slaying
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A man exonerated five years ago by DNA evidence in a rape case after serving several years in an Illinois prison has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for a woman's 2008 beating death. The Times of Munster and the Post-...Tags: Munster, Prisons, Punishment, Crimes, Murder
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Harris: Patrick Fitzgerald offers lesson on complexities of terrorism law
Complex. Even messy. That's the reality of prosecuting terrorism cases, former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald told his University of Chicago law school students at the outset of a recent class he taught with law firm colleague Michael Scudder. The...
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Here's why putting the AG next in line for the governor's office could be a problem
Change of SubjectUnder the amendment...the attorney general would be next in line if the governor died, quit or was removed from office. That makes a lot of sense. Candidates for attorney general are subject to far more voter scrutiny than those for...... -
Let's review: Rachel Shteir and poor Chicago
Tribune criticAnd they said the gentle art of literary criticism was dead, confined to irrelevance. Not this week, gentle reader. Not in Chicago. Not in the heat of L'affaire de Shteir. What book review in the history of Chicago literature — heck, what recent...Tags: Arts and Culture, WTTW, Executive Branch, Book, Newspaper and Magazine
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Steinberg v. the New York Times
Change of SubjectSun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg today writes defiantly about a New York Times Book Review "slam" of his latest book, "You Were Never in Chicago," contained in a cover essay on recent local lit by DePaul University Theater School prof Rachel...... -
Critic stands by Chicago slam
When a critic takes on a city's refusal to acknowledge its own blemishes, it becomes a bit tricky for residents to respond without proving the critic's point. That's the position Chicagoans find themselves in with DePaul University theater professor...
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Illinois House wants voters to abolish lieutenant governor job
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House today approved a measure that would ask voters whether to eliminate the job of lieutenant governor, but the proposal has a long way to go before the much-maligned office would disappear. The measure must pass the...Tags: George Ryan, Regional Authority, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Executive Branch
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Axelrod writing autobiography
Tribune reporterThe architect of President Barack Obama's political narrative has a new story to tell: His own. David Axelrod, Obama's longtime confidant and former strategist, will pen a "personal biography of his professional life," according to publisher Penguin...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, University of Chicago
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The Illinois jobs crisis
Laugh all you want about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign to recruit businesses from Illinois to the Lone Star State. We don't know whether Perry will succeed in prompting a commercial exodus from the Land of Lincoln to the land of droughts, fire ants and...
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Floodwaters recede in some places but cleanup remains grim
In the middle of the flooded Knollwood subdivision in far northwest suburban Fox Lake sits a tiny island of grass on which residents planned to hold a victory party Monday. "If we are having a bonfire tonight, it is because we beat the flood. It didn'...
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Sources: Jesse Jackson Jr. writing memoir to 'clear up his legacy'
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty last week to misusing $750,000-plus in campaign money, is writing a memoir, two sources familiar with the project told the Tribune. Jackson, 47, will be sentenced June...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Sandi Jackson, U.S. Senate, Regional Authority, Bipolar Disorder
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