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THE KEY PLAYERS

August 22, 2021 at 4:55 a.m.

Alonzo Monk Alonzo Monk, 50, of Park Ridge was one of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's closest friends. The two have known each other since they attended law school together at...

THE KEY PLAYERS

August 22, 2021 at 5:22 a.m.

Alonzo Monk Alonzo Monk, 50, of Park Ridge was one of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's closest friends. The two have known each other since they attended law school together at...

The push is on for public records access in Illinois

January 30, 2019 at 4:55 a.m.

The shattering end to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's scandal-plagued tenure may provide some antidote to the pervasive secrecy that often prevents citizens from monitoring their own government. Amid a blizzard of...

Sen. Roland Burris questioned in probe of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich

June 17, 2018 at 8:55 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was interviewed by federal authorities for several hours Saturday as part of the ongoing corruption investigation into charges that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell...

Sen. Roland Burris is mobbed by reporters asking questions as he leaves his South Side home in Chicago.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris is on thin ice with Illinois colleague Sen. Dick Durbin

June 17, 2018 at 8:28 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris' failure to fully disclose his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has put his future in the Senate "in question," U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Wednesday....

Burris’ Senate-seat story changes again

June 16, 2018 at 8:37 p.m.

Facing a perjury probe in Illinois and an ethics investigation in Washington, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris pleaded for yet another chance to explain himself after admitting he tried to raise...

Burris’ Senate-seat story changes again

August 22, 2021 at 6:41 p.m.

Facing a perjury probe in Illinois and an ethics investigation in Washington, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris pleaded for yet another chance to explain himself after admitting he tried to raise...

Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) (left), confers with Sen. Lou Viverito (D-Burbank) as questions are posed to Rep. Chapin Rose (R-Charleston) during Gov. Rod Blagojevich's impeachment trial in the Illinois Senate in Springfield, Ill.

A politician’s rise, hard fall

June 18, 2018 at 11:02 p.m.

Claiming victory in the 2002 governor's race, a beaming Rod Blagojevich stood in the gritty steel mill where his late father once worked and pledged a new era in corruption-plagued...

A politician’s rise, hard fall

August 22, 2021 at 7:46 p.m.

Claiming victory in the 2002 governor's race, a beaming Rod Blagojevich stood in the gritty steel mill where his late father once worked and pledged a new era in corruption-plagued...

A politician’s rise, hard fall

August 22, 2019 at 9:03 a.m.

Claiming victory in the 2002 governor's race, a beaming Rod Blagojevich stood in the gritty steel mill where his late father once worked and pledged a new era in corruption-plagued...

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