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Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached for failing to put the state's interests before his own and losing the citizen's confidence, an Illinois House panel investigating the governor recommends in a report published this morning.
Full Story updated 1/8/2009 9:43 AM
President-elect Barack Obama warned of dire and lasting consequences if Congress doesn't pump unprecedented dollars into the economy, making an urgent pitch for his mammoth spending proposal in his first speech since his election.
Full Story updated 1/8/2009 11:03 AM
Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions Thursday for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and whether he promised the governor anything in return.
Full Story published 1/8/2009 6:50 AM
The House and Senate are coming together in a centuries-old tradition to count the electoral votes from the November election and formally declare that Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States.
Full Story published 1/8/2009 7:15 AM
Roland Burris said Wednesday he should be able to join the Senate "very shortly," after talking to newly supportive Democratic leaders and working on lingering legal obstacles.
Full Story updated 1/8/2009 6:46 AM
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