Then-Speaker Michael Madigan, left, greets then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich during the Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 18, 2004. (Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune) ...

Steve Bartman was cemented into (unintentional) pop culture fame when he touched a foul ball during a crucial baseball game ...

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Rod R. Blagojevich, Illinois’s former governor, who did not testify at his first trial on corruption charges, spent seven sometimes testy days on the stand this time.

When Trump first floated the potential of cutting short Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence on May 31, 2018, the Illinois GOP delegation — then numbering seven — protested in a letter.

Lawyers for Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois convicted of corruption, asked a judge in Chicago for an emergency hearing they say could result in a new trial.

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the selection former state representative and deputy governor Christian Mitchell as his ...

Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 16 people or companies with fines totalling at least $102,647,458—money that ...

SAFETY CALL: The Illinois State Police is working with Gov. JB Pritzker and top legislative leaders to offer increased security after the horrific news that two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the selection former state representative and deputy governor Christian Mitchell as his ...

Dennis Rader, the so-called "BTK" (bind, torture, kill) killer, pleaded guilty to 10 slayings in the Wichita, Kan., area. He ...