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A look at notable impeachments in US history, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
Associated Press via AOL· 9 months agoTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial— in which he was acquitted Saturday on...
Your SC politics briefing
The State via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWelcome to your weekly South Carolina politics briefing, a newsletter curated by The State’s politics and government team. Richard Eckstrom is out. The...
Lawyers for ‘ComEd Four’ seeking to bar evidence of utility’s deal with feds, expert on Chicago...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a flurry of pretrial filings, lawyers for the so-called ComEd Four are seeking to keep large swaths of evidence away from the jury next month, including the utility’s admissions of a scheme ...
Tim Mapes, former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, sentenced to 2 1/2 years for lying to federal...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDuring Tim Mapes’ perjury trial last year, an FBI agent memorably testified Mapes’ boss, longtime...
Judges, ex-legislators and the Cook County clerk wrote letters of support for convicted Springfield...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA sitting state appellate judge, a former Illinois Supreme Court justice, multiple ex-legislators...
Defendants found guilty on all counts in ‘ComEd Four’ trial; juror says panel wanted ‘politics to...
Chicago Tribune· 1 year agoCHICAGO — In a sweeping verdict sure to reverberate in Illinois power circles, a federal jury on Tuesday convicted the “ComEd Four” defendants on all charges related to a conspiracy to bribe ...
Jim Dey: Impact of hazing scandal spreads past Northwestern boundaries
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 22—It's time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about over the past week: Hazi ng hits hom e It's the least surprising ...
Budget, Bears, Chicago school board and ethics: Illinois legislators face busy agenda in spring...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Illinois General Assembly heads into the final scheduled week of its spring session facing unresolved issues from the budget to a proposal to help the Chicago Bears move to the suburbs, ...
Unidentified congressman in federal ComEd conspiracy documents is mayoral candidate US Rep. Jesús...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMayoral challenger Jesús “Chuy” García is an unidentified member of Congress referenced in federal court filings detailing an alleged scheme by then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to ...
As ‘ComEd Four’ shifts to defense, FBI wiretaps could prove hard to overcome
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the “ComEd Four” trial shifts to the defense phase, one thing has become clear. The prosecution’s best testimony hasn’t come from the cooperators who lined up to testify about ComEd’s efforts ...