As with most lieutenant governors, Juliana Stratton might as well be in the federal witness protection program.

Ryan helped block the Equal Rights Amendment in the early 1980s during his term as speaker of the Illinois House, triggering some of the most heated demonstrations ever seen at the Capitol. “They ...

George Ryan's corruption case overshadowed a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct in capital cases.

“They wrote my name in blood on the floor in front of the House, in front of the governor ... who promised to clean up Springfield — Rod Blagojevich. Later, as federal investigators probed ...

“They wrote my name in blood on the floor in front of the House, in front of the governor ... who promised to clean up Springfield — Rod Blagojevich. Later, as federal investigators probed ...