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Posts tagged Rod Blagojevich
Trump passes out pardons leaving White House
Ex-president pardons or commutes sentences of more than 140, including Bannon, but does not try to pardon self
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Pardons, Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne, Brian Urlacher, Casey Urlacher, Breitbart, Elliott Broidy, Kodak Black, Rod Blagojevich, Kwame Kilpatrick, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Joe Biden
Reform for Illinois cheers election process
But more reforms necessary, says ED Alisa Kaplan, and wider ballot access granted in pandemic may not stick
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Ted CoxReform for Illinois, Alisa Kaplan, 2020 Election, 2020 Illinois Election, COVID-19, Vote By Mail, Illinois Ballot Access, Kanye West, Illinois Sunshine, Illinois Campaign Financing, Better Government Association, BGA, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, Jim Durkin, Bill Brady, Thomas Kilbride, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Rodney Davis, Gerrymandering
Sic transit annus horribilis
It was a very dark year, but not without glimmers of hope for the future
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Ted Cox2020 Year in Review, Annus Horribilis, Lorado Taft, Graceland Cemetery, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump Impeachment, Kamala Harris, Lauren Underwood, Jim Oberweis, Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives, Dick Durbin, Illinois Teacher Shortage, IDES, Illinois Insulin, Women's March Chicago, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, ComEd Bribery, Fair Tax Amendment, Thomas Kilbride, Michael Frerichs, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, Anna IL, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Angela Jackson, John Prine, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, Bruno the Bear, U.S. Census, COVID-19, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Vaccine
Trump lets Blago walk
GOP congressmen ‘disappointed’ as president commutes 14-year sentence for disgraced former governor
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Rod Blagojevich, Rodney Davis, Dick Durbin, Illinois Corruption, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Patti Blagojevich, J.B. Pritzker, Mike Bost, Adam Kinzinger, Darin LaHood, John Shimkus
Pritzker moves to sell Thompson Center
Landmarks Illinois urges state to take steps toward preservation
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Ted CoxThompson Center, James Thompson, J.B. Pritzker, Rod Blagojevich, Bruce Rauner, Landmarks Illinois, Bonnie McDonald, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Helmut Jahn, Jennifer Sandy, Thompson Center Sale, Chicago Architecture, Illinois Architecture
IEPA enforcement referrals dropped under Rauner
Gov.-elect Pritzker pledges to ‘protect the environment in Illinois’
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Ted CoxBruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois EPA, IEPA, Sierra Club, Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment, Sterigenics, Lisa Madigan, George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich, Pat Quinn
