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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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.

Illinois state Comptroller Susana Mendoza ... Quinn served as Blagojevich's lieutenant governor, and became governor himself after Blagojevich was impeached. He said the pardon was wrong.

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez has been named the interim president of Florida International University, a move that hands term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis the ...

As the fifth anniversary of the legalization of “adult use cannabis in Illinois” rolls around, the state is celebrating the fourth year of record-setting sales.

who was Blagojevich’s lieutenant governor and took over for Blagojevich after he was impeached and removed from office, said Trump’s pardon “blessed political corruption in Illinois.” ...

Illinois has proposed a bill of a state-run Bitcoin reserve with the goal of using it as a financial savings technology.

Days after the dispute reached a boiling point in January 2022, Kalus – who had last called Illinois home – registered to vote in Rhode Island for the first time and signaled a possible run for ...

This comes as Governor JB Pritzker is suggesting planned raids in Illinois could be political ... supervisor of higher rank (a Watch Operations Lieutenant or Street Deputy) respond to the scenes ...