Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Obama. Trump commuted ...

A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S.

Trump announced he's pardoning Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was sentenced to 14 years in prison before ...

Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 on charges that included seeking to sell an appointment to then-President Barack Obama’s ...

She was attending a dinner in the Mayflower Hotel’s grand ballroom honoring Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois on November 20, 1967. The golden-throated Dirksen was the father-in-law of Tennessee’s ...

SHE’S SO NEW ON THE JOB ON THE HILL. SHE’S WORKING OUT OF TEMPORARY DIGS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING. BUT DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES SENATOR ANGELA ALSOBROOKS SAYS THAT ...

testifies during the Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing in the Dirksen Senate Building on January 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) The Senate voted 53 ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has downplayed any interest in running for president when asked by reporters but admitted last August he was ...

Senator Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, introduced a bill to bring $7.2 million to Western Illinois University to support Quad-Cities campus developments. The legislation, SB1308, focuses on new ...

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

Jurors have been deliberating for more than a week at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker ...