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Some random thoughts about Tony Rezko’s guilty
verdict in his federal corruption trial:
After Rezko was convicted on 16 of 24 counts,
both G
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The state legislative pay-raise issue was a big
reason the Illinois Senate Democrats wanted to avoid another prolonged,
bitter overtime session like last year
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A new statewide poll reveals that 59 percent of
Illinois registered voters want the Legislature to begin impeachment
hearings against Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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The oldest axiom in government is that it’s
always easier to kill something than it is to pass something. That was
proved true yet again last week when Se
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“It had better be a job where you can make some
money.”
That, apparently, was what Gov. Rod Blagojevich told
Ali Ata about Ata’s quest
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House Speaker Michael Madigan told a
firefighters’ group last week that he, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and
Senate President Emil Jones are engaged in a “
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It’s difficult to take seriously last
week’s House vote to establish a recall provision in the Illinois
Constitution. An amendment to the constituti
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I get questions all the time, so here are a few
answers . . .
The judge in Tony Rezko’s federal corruption
case has barred some evidence about the
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A new statewide poll confirms what most of us knew
anyway: If Barack Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee, he will do
a whole lot better in Illinois aga
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In early 2006, Gov. Rod Blagojevich faced a firestorm
of criticism from Jewish leaders for his appointment of Louis
Farrakhan’s “minister of protoco