Rod Blagojevich News

Politics has long been a family business in Illinois, a place where who you know - and who you're related to - matters more than most.

Auditor General William Holland found that of the approximately $25 billion in expenditures from the Road Fund, about $11.4 billion went to direct road construction, while the remaining money went to salaries, road construction bonds and other costs.

Eighteen of the workers who staged a sit-in strike when Republic Windows & Doors suddenly ceased operations at its Goose Island plant in late 2008 are back in business as a worker-run cooperative.

The Illinois Senate voted Thursday to send a union-supported pension reform bill to the House, leaving lawmakers with two competing proposals for dealing with the nation's worst state pension problem just weeks before the Legislature is scheduled to adjourn.

According to top party officials, IL GOP Chairman Pat Brady will resign Tuesday morning, the Daily Herald is report ing.

Remember all the hulabaloo several years ago about Rod Blagojevich's name inappropriately plastered all over Illinois tollways, akin to taxpayer-funded campaign signs? Those are long gone, but before long, other names could be featured on a state tollway website - those disgusting losers that race through the tollway I-PASS express lanes, just ... (more)

True, in some ways Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is becoming a lot like disgraced former Illinois Gov.

What's the difference between Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich , now "serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison following conviction for corruption including the soliciting of bribes for political appointments?" Well, so far at least, Bob McDonnell hasn't been arrested by federal agents and put on ... (more)

Under the amendment...the attorney general would be next in line if the governor died, quit or was removed from office.

Igniting hostilities on the Senate floor, a bid to expand the vast reach of red-light cameras by targeting motorists that illegally pass stopped school buses advanced Wednesday at the Statehouse.

Rod Blagojevich's ex-chief of staff is free and clear of the justice system after a federal judge in Chicago ended his 2-year probation period early.

Retired teachers need to become informed and contact their legislators when it comes to pending pension reform legislation, according to John Flaherty, legislative chairman for the Illinois Retired Teachers Association .