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by Josh Kalven
11:20am
Fri Nov 20, 2009
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Ethics Committee: Burris' Actions "Reflected Unfavorably On The Senate"

Roland Burris

This just out from Sen. Roland Burris' office:

After months of
investigation into the circumstances surrounding the appointment and seating of
Senator Roland W. Burris, the Senate Select Committee on Ethics has closed its
inquiry and cleared the Senator of any legal ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
5:01pm
Thu Sep 17, 2009
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Calls For A Special Senate Election Live On...

Senate vacancy

The controversy over Sen. Roland Burris' appointment to Illinois'
junior senate seat may seem like a lifetime ago. But a group of
well-known local attorneys is making a last-ditch effort to force Gov.
Pat Quinn to call  a special election, thus giving the public the final
...

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by Adam Doster
11:46am
Fri Aug 14, 2009

Geoghegan's Special Election Lawsuit Gets New Hearing

Senate vacancy

In yesterday's Tribune, columnist Steve Chapman pointed to
an astounding statistic: by the end of 2009, 27 percent of Americans
will be represented by U.S. senators who didn't earn a single vote in a
free election. That's because four of those 100 officials were
appointed ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:44pm
Mon Jan 26, 2009

Blagojevich Says He Settled On Senate Pick Before Arrest

Rod Blagojevich

With all the media exposure Gov. Blagojevich has enjoyed in the past 72 hours, I didn't think the Larry King Live appearance tonight would yield much we haven't already heard.  But one comment stuck out for me: specifically, his assertion that he had settled on Barack Obama's ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:02pm
Thu Jan 15, 2009
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Introducing Sen. Roland Burris

Roland Burris

This morning, Roland Burris was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney as the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois.  Watch it...

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by Josh Kalven
5:22pm
Mon Jan 12, 2009
3 comments

Sen. Roland Burris (UPDATED)

Roland Burris

It's official:

Senate Democratic leaders today cleared the way for Roland W. Burris to
be seated as a senator from Illinois, after more than a weeklong
spectacle surrounding a corruption scandal in the state and the
questioning of Mr. Burris’s credentials...

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by Josh Kalven
2:50pm
Mon Jan 12, 2009
1 comment

Burris Ordeal Comes Full Circle ... Again

Roland Burris

A senior Democratic aide told CNN today that the swarm of confusion surrounding Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate is a "mess."  Indeed, every time it seems to be nearing a resolution, there's another twist and the trail of tangles grows. Maybe there was ...