Following a Tribune inquiry, Illinois election officials told Senate President Don Harmon he accepted $4 million more in ...

Chicago Democrat Emil Jones III, a sitting state senator, will face a federal jury that could end his political career and ...

Illinois Democratic Senate President Don Harmon improperly accepted $4 million more in political contributions than allowed ...

Henry Horner died in office. Otto Kerner Jr. quit to become a federal judge. And Rod Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office before being convicted and imprisoned on federal corruption ...

The United States Constitution states that the House and Senate “may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its ...

Jones, 46, whose father, Emil Jones Jr., led the state Senate for years before orchestrating having his son replace him, goes ...

Rod Blagojevich for the position ... including wire fraud and conspiracy to solicit bribes, and impeached by an overwhelming vote of the Illinois Legislature. Trump commuted his conviction in 2020.

Rod Blagojevich, who was later impeached and convicted on federal corruption charges. Jones III, meanwhile, began his own career on the state payroll in May 1999, when he was hired a day after his ...

Rod Blagojevich's impeachment and removal from office. Overall, Sean has logged 40 years in journalism. He began his broadcasting career at his hometown station WJPF in Herrin, Illinois while still in ...