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Now it's prosecutors' turn to question Blago

June 2, 2011
Chicago Tribune

By Bob Secter and Jeff Coen Tribune reporters

Prosecutors have begun questioning Rod Blagojevich, five days after the former governor took the witness stand at his corruption retrial.

As his attorneys wrapped up their questioning this afternoon, Blagojevich testified that the day before he was arrested on Dec. 9, 2008, he thought he was ready to conclude a political deal in which he would appoint Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to the Senate in exchange for her father, House Speaker Michael Madigan, supporting the governor’s legislative agenda.
 

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Illinois Senate Dems pass legislative redistricting plan

April 14, 2010

By Kathleen Foody
Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Senate Democrats passed their own plan to change the way legislative districts are drawn through the chamber on a party-line vote Wednesday afternoon.

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Our Opinion: A redistricting proposal ought to be on ballot (Editorial)

March 25, 2010

UNLIKE PAST YEARS, 2010 is shaping up to be a year in which the
November ballot is packed with amendments to the Illinois Constitution
for voters to consider.

The legislature is limited to placing three constitutional amendments
on the ballot per election cycle. An amendment allowing voters to
recall the governor — if they get enough state legislators to agree —
already is on the ballot.

HOUSE SPEAKER Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has proposed two other

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