Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

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Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for ...

Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

For years, Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel's nickname was The Senator, coined by ESPN's Chris Fowler for the coach's ...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said he will stop a plan pushed by the state’s top education official to collect the immigration ...

Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow, a rising star in the Democratic party, spoke to Newsweek about her political ambitions.

Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday his selection of Jim Tressel to be the state's next lieutenant governor. Tressel served as ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Monday nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach Jim Tressel to be the state’s next lieutenant governor. Tressel retired a year and a ...

Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday ...

College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated ...