SPRINGFIELD | Illinois lawmakers could be forced to build their impeachment case against Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a raft of relatively small grievances, rather than the blockbuster Senate-seat-for-sale ...

State Senate votes 59-0 to remove him, and also to prevent him from returning. Jan. 29, 2009— -- Hours after he was convicted unanimously this evening of abuse of power and ousted from office by ...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached Friday by Illinois lawmakers furious that he turned state government into a "freak show," setting the stage for an unprecedented trial in the state Senate that could ...

As the state legislature considers impeachment, Rod Blagojevich today went out for a jog. Telling reporters less than he wanted to, the Illinois Governor said he was eager to tell his side of the ...

Rod Blagojevich is arrested, impeached, and removed from office. Federal agents arrive at Governor Rod Blagojevich’s Chicago home to arrest him on December 9, 2008. He is then impeached and removed ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - More from David Ellis, in his opening statement of the Illinois Senate removal trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich: ...

Rod Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell the appointment to Barack Obama's US Senate seat, but he hasn't been formally charged, let alone convicted. Nonetheless, the state's House of ...

It was nearly 10 years ago that Cullerton took over the state Senate and in one of his first acts helped organize the impeachment trial that convicted then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, removing him from ...

Impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's spot in the jungle is up for grabs after a federal judge refused to allow him to leave the country on Tuesday. The politician was slated to join nine ...

CHICAGO — Perhaps the most telling moment of the news conference Rod Blagojevich held hours after President Donald Trump granted the disgraced ex-Illinois governor a full pardon came even before he ...

CHICAGO - Illinois Republican lawmakers lashed out at U.S. Sen. Roland Burris on Sunday, calling for his resignation and a criminal investigation into whether he perjured himself in testimony related ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Before he prosecuted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich at his impeachment trial, David Ellis was writing thriller novels. His newest book, "The Hidden Man," went on sale Thursday, and Ellis ...