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President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich on Monday, five years after commuting the former governor’s ...

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards?

Nearly five years after commuting former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal prison sentence, President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to the disgraced former governor who was convicted more ...

Last year, legal bookies saw a massive increase in revenue, but how much did the industry really grow? Explore that and more ...

Former OSU football coach Jim Tressel has been a "champion" of LifeWise, the founder of the Bible-teaching program previously ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has filled the Lieutenant Governor position vacated by Jon Husted with former Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel.

Jim Tressel, the former executive vice president of success at the University of Akron, was nominated to serve as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's new lieutenant governor Monday, officials announced.

Gov. Mike DeWine announced he will be holding a press conference at 11 a.m. on Monday, will he announce a new lieutenant governor?

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich remains an immutable character in Illinois’ political lore following President Donald Trump’s ...

Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence in 2020. The former governor had served about 8 years on charges stemming from ...

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.