Otto Kerner

I'm not a fan of .pdf files for many things, so, once again, I've taken a .pdf in the news -- The deposition upon oral examination of George Ryan -- and cut and pasted the plain text. This always results......

Posted by Michelle Manchir at 4:30 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Taxpayers won't have to pay for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s portrait to hang alongside his predecessors in the Capitol if Gov. Pat Quinn signs a measure the Senate sent to him......

More from GRod, this time during his Wednesday morning appearance on WLS AM 890: Absolutely will I testify. I can’t wait to get on there and swear on the Holy Bible to tell the whole truth, and to begin to......

The governor of Illinois "is so unscrupulous that his lack of principle gives him the appearance of audacity," wrote the Tribune editorial board in a high dudgeon. "He is not guided by courage, shrewdness or strength, but by his lack......

More than 33 years and 1,600 miles separate Dan Walker from his days in the governor's mansion in Springfield. Yet he's bracing to have his name dragged into the news again when another federal jury renders another verdict in another......

It's tax season, and Monday is the 100th anniversary of Illinois' ratification of the 16th Amendment, which allowed the U.S. income tax. Please itemize these 10 tax facts: 1. Did 7 million American children suddenly disappear in 1987? On paper, it seemed...

In Michelle Manchir's Clout Street entry, House lawmakers nix public money for any Blagojevich portrait we read House lawmakers who impeached Rod Blagojevich more than a year ago added some insult to the injury ...when they voted against using public........

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich should hang. No, not from the gallows. The federal corruption charges on which he'll be tried later this year are not capital offenses. And neither are his excruciating antics on "Celebrity Apprentice," though he...

Posted by Michelle Manchir at 6 p.m. SPRINGFIELD—House lawmakers who impeached Rod Blagojevich more than a year ago added some insult to the injury today when they voted against using public money to pay for a portrait of the indicted......

"I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. ... [W]hatever I say is always lawful ... I don't believe there's any cloud that hangs over me, I think there's nothing but sunshine hanging over me." -- Gov....

by Frank James So do you still get to pick the Senate replacement for President-elect Barack Obama if you've been arrested on federal corruption charges as Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was today? Some pretty stunning allegations are being made by......

Ladies, and gentlemen... Do you have an hour? You do! Good - then go to the jump and read a portion of tonight's "Late Show" grilling of Rod Blagovich...Best to watch rather than read...the whole thing is pretty funny,......