Rod R Blagojevich

Type: Person

Name: Rod R Blagojevich

Title: Former Governor

Organization: US State of Illinois

Date of Birth: 1956-12-10

Place of Birth: Chicago

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Rod R Blagojevich

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

20 Reasons To Dislike The Democrat Party

My latest Townhall column is called, 20 Reasons To Dislike The Democrat Party. Here’s an excerpt from the column.1) Ted Kennedy. Barney Frank. Rod Blagojevich. Eric Massa. Marion Barry. Dan Rostenkowski. Eliot Spitzer. John Murtha. Alcee Hastings. Anthony ... [Published Right Wing News blog - May 18 2013]

Entities: James Traficant, Gerry Studds, Eric Massa

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Democratic National Committee

Speak Out for May 19, 2013

Granted, no one was killed that we know of during Watergate. However, it did lead to the resignation of Do you really think the chief executive officers at major cancer organizations want to find a cure for cancer?Oak Park Avenue should not be renamed ... [Published Southtown Star - May 18 2013]

Entities: Democratic National Committee, Cypress Lake High School, George Ryan, Rod R Blagojevich, Cancer

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Family drama adds intrigue to Illinois governor's race

- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks to reporters during a news conference in Springfield Ill. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. 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. ... [Published North Jersey.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: William Daley, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Illinois, United States)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

DIBACCO: The 17th Amendment turns 100

This month is the 100-year anniversary of the 17th Amendment that provided for the direct election of U. S. senators, superseding provisions of the Constitution mandating election by state legislatures. It also gave legislatures the authority to empower ... [Published Washington Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: Elections, Rod R Blagojevich, James Madison, Appointment, Virginia (Illinois, United States)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Rod R Blagojevich

Audit: Less than half of Road Fund spent on roads

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. --A new audit has found that less than half of the money from the state Road Fund has gone toward direct road construction costs.The audit released Tuesday states that in eight of the past 10 years more than half of the funds went to ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bill Brady, Rod R Blagojevich, Springfield (Illinois, United States), Health Insurance

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Hundreds Have Registered for the Symposium — Are You Next?

The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association has announced the formation of a new Manufacturers’ Environmental Group (MEG) within the Association to help our efforts in the legislative and regulatory arena. To help navigate complex environmental issues at ... [Published Illinois Manufacturing Association - May 10 2013]

Entities: Environmental Group Ltd, Environment, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Former Republic Windows Employees Start Their Own Factory

play pause Windows Factory Is Reborn WBBM Newsradio's Bob Roberts(CBS) — 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 ... [Published CBS Chicago.com - May 10 2013]

Entities: Workers, Leah Fried, Bob Roberts

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

A Recent History of Corruption in Major American Cities

The legislative process can be a drag. After all, what's the use in jumping through a bunch of legal hoops to affect change when you can just blackmail, and coerce and extort your way to political glory? In the playbook of classic American politics, entering ... [Published Complex - May 08 2013]

Entities: Corruption, William M. Tweed, Richard J Daley, Rod R Blagojevich

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Our View: State ignored warnings and problems grew

Click on the graphic to go to the series' Facebook page. If lawmakers would have listened to Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes 11 years ago, Illinois might not be in the fiscal mess it is in today. In 2002, the state?s bill backlog was ?only? $1.2 billion ... [Published Freeport Journal - May 07 2013]

Entities: Rod R Blagojevich, Pat Quinn, Democratic Primaries

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

US politicians who ended up in prison

Most nations have a rich history of political corruption, including the United States. While most American politicians are upstanding leaders who exemplify moral and ethical ideals, many share similar faults with the least honorable of their own constituents. ... [Published Helium - May 05 2013]

Entities: prison, William Jefferson, Bribery, Rod R Blagojevich

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Jesse Jackson Jr. likely to use illness to plead for shorter sentence

Now, it’s Jesse Jackson Jr. who will likely make the same pitch to a federal judge and that is: Give me a break on my sentence, I’m sick.In Jackson’s case, it’s his mental health. Prosecutors, showing some skepticism, said they want to have their own ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 04 2013]

Entities: Michael Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr, Rod R Blagojevich, Reid Weingarten

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Here's why putting the AG next in line for the governor's office could be a problem

Under the amendment...the attorney general would be next in line if the governor died, quit or was removed from office. That makes a lot of sense. Candidates for attorney general are subject to far more voter scrutiny than those for lieutenant governor....Some ... [Published Chicago Tribune - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Attorney General, Rod R Blagojevich, Judy Baar Topinka, Lisa Madigan

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Former Republic Windows Employees Start Their O... [Published CBS Chicago.com - May 10 2013]
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Progressive Tax Rates Stunt States' Growth [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 08 2013]
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Brady resigns as Illinois GOP chairman [Published Chicago Tribune - May 07 2013]
Our View: State ignored warnings and problems grew [Published Freeport Journal - May 07 2013]
Kendall GOP chooses a consensus-builder [Published Ledger Sentinel - May 07 2013]
US politicians who ended up in prison [Published Helium - May 05 2013]
Finke: Warning on Illinois’ bill backlog stretc... [Published PJStar.com - May 05 2013]
Jesse Jackson Jr. likely to use illness to plea... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - May 04 2013]
Mayor, Ill. lawmakers make case for Chicago casino [Published The Oregon Herald - May 03 2013]
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20 Reasons To Dislike The Democrat Party [Published Right Wing News blog - May 18 2013] My latest Townhall column is called, 20 Reasons To Dislike The Democrat Party. Here’s an excerpt from the column.1) Ted Kennedy. Barney Frank. Rod Blagojevich. Eric Massa. Marion Barry. Dan Rostenkowski. Eliot Spitzer. John Murtha. Alcee Hastings. Anthony ...
A Cheat Sheet to Pakistani Elections [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs \| The ... - May 10 2013] This marks the first time in Pakistan’s history a civilian government has completed its full term and will transition power to a new civilian government, Pakistani elections this Saturday are complete with hope, democratic fervor, and anticipation. ...
On Guns, "Better than Nothing" Doesn't Cut It [Published TAPPED - Apr 11 2013] An estimated 3,349 lives have ended by American gun violence since 20 children were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. We've seen roughly 120,460 years of life wasted since the New Year began. Thousands of lives extinguished. Dozens of communities ...
Epic Fail: 5 Massive Corruption Scandals from t... [Published MyBankTracker.com - Mar 21 2013] Left: Cecilia Chang, Bernard Madoff, Rod Blagojevich At the end of February, New York Magazine published a lengthy article about Cecilia Chang’s corruption scandal at St. John’s University in New York City, where she served as Dean of the Institute ...
Midday open thread [Published Daily Kos - Mar 15 2013] Today's comic by Mark Fiore is Mr. Blasty Goes to Washington : What's coming up on Sunday Kos ...After the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington: An interview with Monte Frank of Team 26, by Greg DworkinThe digital Pied Piper: It's the message, not the method, ...