Covering the Wisconsin recall petitions
On its first day, at least, the drive in Wisconsin to recall controversial Gov. Scott Walker lacked the raucousness of last winter's marathon demonstrations in the state capitol -- unless...
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Drive to recall Wis. Gov. Walker begins
MADISON, Wis. — A long anticipated recall drive aimed at removing controversial Gov. Scott Walker got under way today with opponents of the freshman Republican fanning out across the state...
Drive to recall Wis. Gov. Walker begins
MADISON, Wis. — A long anticipated recall drive aimed at removing controversial Gov. Scott Walker got under way today with opponents of the freshman Republican fanning out across the state...
Speed cameras get mayor’s hard sell
With the Illinois House poised to vote on Chicago speed cameras, Mayor Rahm Emanuel turned up the pressure by personally lobbying lawmakers and holding a Monday news conference to highlight...
Emanuel uses his political capital to push for sacrifices in budget
The maxim that timing is everything was on display Wednesday as Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled a tough-love budget that asks taxpayers, city workers and aldermen to sacrifice to avoid harsher...
Blagojevich on guilty verdict: ‘I, frankly, am stunned’
A federal jury Monday convicted Rod Blagojevich of sweeping corruption, putting an end to a tragicomic legal and political drama that brought downIllinois' showy and would-be populist former governor.In its...
Blagojevich on guilty verdict: ‘I, frankly, am stunned’
A federal jury Monday convicted Rod Blagojevich of sweeping corruption, putting an end to a tragicomic legal and political drama that brought downIllinois' showy and would-be populist former governor.In its...
Blagojevich case goes to jury
Whether Rod Blagojevich is a slippery liar who corrupted the state's highest office or just a politician who was innocently thinking out loud when he allegedly tried to sell a...
Blagojevich jury begins deliberations Friday
The fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in the hands of a federal jury at his corruption retrial.U. S. District Court Judge James Zagel instructed jurors on the law...
Blagojevich: ‘It’s not what I meant’
As he weighed whether to name a friend of Barack Obama's to the U.S. Senate, Rod Blagojevich also talked repeatedly on government wiretaps in November 2008 about a number of...