Topic: Illinois

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Miller-McCune - 547 days ago
Amid a rush of political scandals and missteps, we figure that some citizens are more embarrassed for their state than others. Ideological hijinks, bipartisan incompetence and outright corruption have infected state capitals - and mortified citizens - across the U.S. Is there ...

Ranking States’ Citizen Embarrassment Levels

Miller-McCune - 547 days ago
Amid a rush of political scandals and missteps, we figure that some citizens are more embarrassed for their state than others. Ideological hijinks, bipartisan incompetence and outright corruption have infected state capitals - and mortified citizens - across the U.S. Is there ...

Dem. lieutenant governor candidate exits Ill. race

AP News - 738 days ago
candidate for Ill. lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen leaves race amid uproar over past The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his ...
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Prosecutors: US atty should stay on Ill. gov case

AP News - 1126 days ago
Prosecutors defend strongly worded comments in announcing charges against Illinois governorFederal prosecutors fired back Thursday at defense claims that U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald's comments at a news conference were so strongly worded that he should be taken off the fraud case ...
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Bernie P.

Encyclopedia Britannica - 1136 days ago
It's been a long holiday season here in Illinois (half as warm as Florida, twice as corrupt! He can't use the resignation as leverage with the feds, because he's not going to be reelected, and it's tough to govern from jail. Productive ...

How Much for YOUR Job, Rod?

Encyclopedia Britannica - 1136 days ago
It's been a long holiday season here in Illinois (half as warm as Florida, twice as corrupt! He can't use the resignation as leverage with the feds, because he's not going to be reelected, and it's tough to govern from jail. Productive ...

Illinois governor arrested for trying to sell Obama's senate seat

AFP Global Edition - 1164 days ago
The governor of Illinois was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to sell an appointment to president-elect Barack Obama's recently open US senate seat, prosecutors said.Governor Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were also accused to trying to " ...
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