02.24.2009 12:23 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinoisans still can’t get enough of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
A musical version of the saga of the now-ousted governor is coming to Springfield.
“Rod Blagojevich Superstar!” is produced by Chicago’s Second City comedy team and has been playing at the comedy…
02.03.2009 9:49 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he might call President Barack Obama to defend him if he is federally indicted and brought to trial.
Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 at his home in Chicago on federal corruption charges, including…
02.03.2009 9:38 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he “has his crayons ready” to write a book as soon as someone is interested.
Blagojevich is on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta van Susteren” as we speak.
“The idea of writing…
02.02.2009 3:00 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
Blagojevich on 'Larry King Live'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will take another swing through the talk-show circuit Tuesday, making multiple appearances in New York, according to The Publicity Agency, his PR firm.
Blagojevich begins the day on NBC’s ‘Today’…
01.29.2009 5:23 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It’s official: Rod Blagojevich is an ex-governor. Read all the details here.
01.29.2009 1:13 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - State lawmakers weren’t won over by Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s closing argument at his state Senate impeachment trial this morning.
“The notion that’s there’s no proof of wrongdoing in that record is folly to the highest degree,” said state
Sen.…
01.29.2009 11:11 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich just said he would have called presidential chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as sworn witnesses if the Illinois Senate rules allowed it.
01.29.2009 10:30 am
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
Quinn
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As the closing arguments in Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment trial proceed, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is making his way to Springfield.
Quinn is flying down from Chicago and plans to spend the day in his state capitol office working…
01.28.2009 2:47 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
Senate President John Cullerton at today
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Perhaps inevitably, the impeachment trial of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is getting political.
The state Senate Republican minority — who presumably want the highly publicized Senate trial of the Democratic governor to go on for…
01.27.2009 5:06 pm
Post-Dispatch Springfield bureau
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - While Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s trial moves forward in Springfield and while the governor hops between media appearances, his public relations firm is Twittering his every move.
Twitter is a free social messaging Web site where users send short,…