Pinellas County Rep. CW Bill Young has pulled himself out of consideration to be appointed by Gov. Charlie Crist to fill Florida's vacant Senate seat. ...more

August 24, 2009

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., won't face a perjury charge over statements he made to state lawmakers investigating how he got his job, but the junior senator still faces the task of salvaging his political future and shaking the stigma of his link to the disgraced former governor who put him in office. ...more

June 20, 2009

Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. An illegal act by an officeholder constitutes political corruption only if the act is directly related to their official duties. ...more

March 4, 2009

Gov. Rod Blagojevich was thrown out of office Thursday without a single lawmaker coming to his defense, brought down by a government-for-sale scandal that stretched from Chicago to Capitol Hill and turned the foul-mouthed politician into a national punchline. ...more

January 30, 2009

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Forty state senators have voted to convict Gov. Rod Blagojevich of abuse of power. That's enough votes to remove the two-term Democrat from office. But all 59 senators must vote and the presiding judge must enter the decision before any conviction is official. ...more

January 29, 2009

Democratic Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand emerged as a leading contender Thursday night as New York Gov. David Paterson closed in on a decision to fill the state's vacant Senate seat, according to party officials monitoring events in the wake of Caroline Kennedy's abrupt withdrawal from consideration. ...more

January 23, 2009

Gov. Rod Blagojevich says the Illinois House's decision to impeach him was no surprise because he's been engaged in a struggle with lawmakers since his re-election in 2006. ...more

January 9, 2009

Public officials have a fiduciary duty to their citizens. ...more

December 20, 2008

In many ways, Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan couldn't be more different: He has carefully promoted his image as an outsider and reformer; she comes from a powerful political family. ...more

December 14, 2008

CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday he didn't discuss his vacant Senate seat with disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and said he's confident nobody on his staff did either. ...more

December 11, 2008