Lisa Madigan
WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel danced (he was a ballet dancer, you know) around a reporter’s question at breakfast this morning of whether Barack Obama wants Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to run for the president’s Senate seat.
Emanuel nimbly dodged the questions. But…
Madigan
My colleague Kevin McDermott just posted this report that says Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is being pressured by the national Democratic Party and, perhaps, the White House to run for Senate.
Note that incumbent Roland Burris, who was appointed in a controversial…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan’s office will not confirm a story in today’s Belleville News Democrat that says her office is researching whether state Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, D-East St. Louis, can be both a state representative and an…
Second City combs through the Blagojevich scandal
One of our Springfield scribes, Kari Andren, writes today about the latest political laughingstock in the Illinois capital — a comedic interpretation of the rise and fall of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The production —…
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her father, State House Speaker Michael Madigan, have long had a frosty relationship with fellow Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Today, the younger Madigan filed a motion asking the state Supreme Court to take…
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is in Missouri today, honing fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama’s pitch to female voters.
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DENVER — Yesterday, members of the Illinois delegation were talking tough about their frustration with Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who on Monday was back in Chicago announcing he would be rewriting a state ethics bill as state officials at the Democratic Convention…
DENVER – Some Illinois state legislators are furious with Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich for airing the state’s dirty laundry yesterday, while other top Democrats from Barack Obama’s home state took the Democratic National Convention stage to tout their former Springfield…
DENVER — Though Missouri’s Claire McCaskill will appear on stage, the first night at the convention will really be Illinois’ time to shine.
Illinois State Sen. Emil Jones Jr. — Barack Obama’s Springfield mentor — is set to speak in a little while.
Later, three…
DENVER — Though perhaps not as intriguing as Hef, Illinois Democratic powerbroker Michael Madigan might be more elusive than the famous Playboy.
But, just as we spotted what could be Hugh Hefner’s limo outside the Illinois delegation party yesterday evening, we also spied Madigan,…
