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Clinton delivers a boost

August 21, 2021 at 8:29 a.m.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke at a Chicago fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean and Tammy Duckworth on Monday and praised the suburban Democratic congressional candidates as "independent, clear-thinking, non-ideological,...

Side by side, but far apart

August 21, 2021 at 7:13 a.m.

Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Republican rival Judy Baar Topinka argued Tuesday over who could best answer voters' concerns about ethics and how to pay for schools and health care....

Blagojevich adds meals to list of gifts he got

August 21, 2021 at 4:53 a.m.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign on Tuesday offered fuller details behind gifts he has received while in office, with a spokeswoman saying that Blagojevich's friends and family bought him meals and...

`We’re here today to always remember’

August 21, 2021 at 9:44 a.m.

Time came to a standstill at 7:46 a.m. Monday on a busy block in downtown Chicago. Outside Holy Name Cathedral, politicians stood silent, clergymen bowed their heads and passersby paused...

Business on the menu for Bush visit

August 21, 2021 at 7:04 a.m.

Though planned around a fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka, much of President Bush's trip to Chicago on Thursday and Friday was spent with local business leaders. Bush...

Rezko pals in state posts

June 12, 2018 at 2:12 a.m.

Antoin "Tony" Rezko has long been one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top fundraisers and closest confidants, even recommending candidates for Cabinet directors and state boards and commissions. But newly obtained...

Ex-bank exec accused of embezzling

August 21, 2021 at 12:08 p.m.

Federal prosecutors charged a former assistant vice president of Parkway Bank of Harwood Heights on Wednesday with embezzling nearly $500,000 from a client whose credit accounts he supervised. Jeffrey Suspenzi,...

Critics have doubts about lottery’s benefit to schools

August 21, 2021 at 5:22 a.m.

Since the first campaign to start a state lottery in Illinois, the idea has been touted as a cash cow for public schools. But critics have long questioned whether the...

Sure he got his way, Meeks will not run

August 21, 2021 at 6:49 a.m.

State Sen. James Meeks folded his potential challenge to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's re-election on Friday after the governor agreed to push a multiyear plan for reforming state schools. Though Blagojevich's...

Blagojevich: We play by the rules

August 21, 2021 at 5:16 a.m.

Defending his administration amid an expanding federal probe of state hiring, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Sunday said his office followed the rules when red flags were raised last year about...

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