Ryan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, currently serving a federal prsion term for corruption, is issuing an apology a few minutes from now, according to his attorney.

His lawyer, fellow former Gov. James Thompson, is expected to read a…

This is footage of U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald’s stunning press conference this morning announcing the corruption arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The conduct caught on tape would make “Lincoln roll over in his grave,” Fitzgerald.

Remember,…

Blagojevich, left, and Ryan

One person surely not happy to hear the news that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been arrested on federal corruption charges is his predecessor, George Ryan, currently prisoner No. 16627-424 at the federal prison camp in Terre Haute, Ind.

Ryan, now…

We don’t do enough blogging here at Political Fix about happenings on the Illinois side of the river.

That said, this morning’s paper carried a dispatch from our own Kevin McDermott in Springfield about the potential for a “pay-to-play” ethics reform…