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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

In this March 14, 2012, file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich speaks to the media outside his home in Chicago as his wife, Patti, wipes away tears a day before reporting to prison after his conviction on corruption charges. President Donald Trump is expected to commute the 14-year prison sentence of Blagojevich. The 63-year-old Democrat is expected to walk out of prison later Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.

Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s sentence

Associated Press February 18, 2020

President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted the 14-year prison sentence handed out to Rod Blagojevich for political corruption, saying the former Illinois governor was a victim of the same prosecutorial...

 In this March 7, 2018, file photo, Rep. David McSweeney R-Barrington Hills, speaks to reporters at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. McSweeneys plan to restrict the use of red-light enforcement cameras, at the center of a former state senators guilty plea to bribery charges last week in federal court, won House committee approval Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020.

Ban proposed on red-light cameras, heart of bribery scheme

Associated Press February 6, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Red-light enforcement cameras, at the center of an ex-state senator's guilty plea last week on federal bribery charges, would be banned in some suburban Chicago communities under...

Former state Rep. Luis Arroyo walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for arraignment, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

Former Illinois legislator pleads innocent in bribery case

Associated Press February 5, 2020

Former Illinois state Rep. Luis Arroyo on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to bribery charges in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Arroyo, 65, a Chicago Democrat, resigned his seat Nov. 1, one week after he...

El congresista Jesús García anuncia su intento de reelección a un grupo de simpatizantes en el vecindario de Brighton Park.

Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia launches re-election campaign: ‘We represent diversity’

Hillary Flores, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief February 3, 2020

Jesus “Chuy” Garcia launched his re-election campaign for Congress on Saturday, Feb. 1st in Brighton Park, alongside candidates like State Representative Aaron Ortiz and Eira Corral Sepulveda currently...

El congresista Jesús García anuncia su intento de reelección a un grupo de simpatizantes en el vecindario de Brighton Park.

Congresista Jesús ‘Chuy’ García lanza campaña de reelección: ‘Nosotros representamos la diversidad’

Hillary Flores, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2020

Jesús “Chuy” García, lanzó su campaña de reelección al congreso esta mañana el primero de febrero por la vecindad de Brighton Park al lado de varios candidatos como el representante del estado...

In this June 2, 2019 file photo Illinois State Sen. Martin Sandoval, D-Chicago, at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Sandoval was charged in federal court Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, with bribery and filing a false tax return stemming from his support of the red-light camera industry when he was head of the states powerful Transportation Committee.

Martin Sandoval charged with red-light camera bribery

Associated Press January 27, 2020

Federal prosecutors filed bribery and tax charges on Monday against a former Illinois state senator who led the powerful transportation committee, alleging he accepted payments in exchange for supporting...

In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. Blagojevich, authored, a column appearing on the conservative website Newsmax Jan. 1, 2020, arguing that Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives would have tried to impeach former President Abraham Lincoln.

Blagojevich: House Democrats would’ve impeached Lincoln, too

Associated Press January 2, 2020

Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich argued in a column that fellow Democrats in the U.S. House who impeached President Donald Trump also would have tried to remove Abraham Lincoln. Blagojevich,...

More than 200 new Illinois laws take effect at start of 2020

More than 200 new Illinois laws take effect at start of 2020

Associated Press December 28, 2019

The start of the new year will trigger more than 250 new Illinois laws. While the legalization of recreational marijuana is getting the most buzz, state laws affecting higher education, job applicants,...

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