The Tribune broke the story on Friday, May 29, 2009, that several students had been admitted to the University of Illinois based upon connections or recommendations by the school's Board of Trustees, Chicago politicians, and members of the Rod Blagojevich administration.

The controversy erupted when Chicago Tribune reported on Friday, May 29, 2009 that several students had been admitted to the University based upon connections or recommendations by members of the Board of Trustees, politicians, and members of the administration of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

* 2008 – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's election to the Presidency.

Daley and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich held a joint press conference on January 17, 2006 calling for a state-wide ban on the manufacture, possession, and delivery of semiautomatic assault weapons.

Rod Blagojevich, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Homeland Security officials and virtually everyone else in the metropolitan area.

Although the Tribune criticized the Bush administration's record on civil liberties, the environment, and many aspects of its foreign policy, it continued to support his presidency while taking Democrats, such as Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, to task and calling for their removal from office.

This sale has become linked to the corruption charges leading to the December 9, 2008, arrest of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

* January 13: Brad Henry takes office as Governor of Oklahoma, Kathleen Sebelius as Governor of Kansas, Rod Blagojevich as Governor of Illinois, Sonny Perdue as Governor of Georgia, Ted Kulongoski as Governor of Oregon.

with Seth and Amy ", involved Seth and Amy lambasting celebrities ( for example Alberto Gonzales, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Rod Blagojevich, or Michael Vick ) for lack of common sense.

The current Governor of Illinois is Pat Quinn, a Democrat who became governor upon the vote of the Illinois Senate to remove Rod Blagojevich from office, and then was elected to a full term in 2010.

However, some governors, such as Rod Blagojevich, have chosen to not use the governor's homes as their primary residence, instead commuting either by car or plane to Springfield from their home cities.

Six Illinois governors have been charged with crimes during or after their governorships ; four were convicted, and of those, one ( Blagojevich ) was first impeached and removed from office.

Blagojevich was retried on 20 counts from his 2010 trial and on June 27, 2011, Blagojevich was convicted on 17 counts of fraud, acquitted on one count and the jury was hung on two.

On December 7, 2011, Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

In 2008, the handle of a pool cleaner was erected by 18-year-old student, Mike Tennenhouse, who along with then Governor Rod Blagojevich began " airing grievances " on behalf of the people of Illinois.

Illinois later had several indictments, including that of former Republican Governor George Ryan, who has since been convicted of several criminal abuses of authority, and Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.

Afterwards, then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich suggested that Bartman join a witness protection program, while then-Florida Governor Jeb Bush offered Bartman asylum.

On December 30, 2008, Governor Rod Blagojevich announced his appointment of Roland Burris, a former African-American Attorney General of Illinois ; Rush was present at the press conference and spoke in support of Burris.

Since 2008 Gutiérrez has been the subject of several critical stories in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, detailing his relationship with former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, and the real estate dealings of Gutierrez and his family.

In a December 31, 2008 article published on the website of The New York Times, Davis said that he turned down an offer from representatives of Blagojevich to appoint him to the Senate.

Instead, Blagojevich appointed Roland W. Burris.

Before his arrest, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had reportedly been considering Schakowsky among at least six candidates to fill the vacancy.

Burris was appointed by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in December 2008 to fill Obama's seat for the remaining two years of his senate term.

In 2002, he played a Hispanic game show host on the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire with Hilary Duff.

President George W. Bush invited Guerrero to host a Hispanic luncheon at the White House in 2003.

Among the factors that make U. S. Army Garrison Fort Buchanan unique are: its key and strategic location providing fast and cost-effective support to missions in the Caribbean, Central and South America area of responsibility ; its Hispanic cultural ties with Latin America ; and its significant role as host of “ joint ” sister services ’ Reserve Component of the United States Armed forces represented in Puerto Rico.

In the winter of 1624 / 1625, Herdecke was host to a garnison of Hispanic veterans.

Built by German immigrants in late 19th century ; Schooled the children of Irish immigrants for 70 years ; now host to a vibrant Hispanic Community.

** Jennifer Lopez is now the first Hispanic celebrity to be a simultaneous host and musical guest for more than one episode ( Lopez first hosted and was musical guest in a season 26 episode in 2001 ).

One of the most popular faces of the us Spanish-language television, Alfonso de Anda has been recognized with awards such as “ Sin Limite ” for best Hispanic television host in the United States.

She went on to produce and host her own television specials, such as The Hispanic Family of the Year.

The prince was isolated politically when Walpole's Whigs joined the government, and Leicester House played host to literary figures and wits, such as John Arbuthnot and Jonathan Swift, rather than politicians.

Cleveland, Ohio, local personality Ghoulardi ( played by Ernie Anderson ), host of WJW-TV's Shock Theater in the 1960s, ran clips of local celebrities and politicians and satirised them in a Shock Theater segment entitled That Was Weak Wasn't It?

Carlinville has long been a site of Illinois history, and has played host to many presidential hopefuls via campaign stops at a time in American history when railway routes produced many visits by politicians.

His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was readily appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended.

Fresh Air has become a premiere source of audio journalism and host Terry Gross has interviewed politicians, public intellectuals, and celebrities such as R. E. M.

In addition to politics, the show featured debate about soft news stories, such as the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal or the death of Anna Nicole Smith, or one-on-one interviews with politicians, commonly with the host who most closely shared the guest's political ideology.

Washington College is host to the Harwood Series, which includes speeches by national politicians, and media pundits.

Appearing by video link, he was quizzed by the female Scots host on the alleged unapproachability of politicians ' in grey suits '.

The Kannur district was host to many Kerala politicians, including A. K. Gopalan, founder of the Communist Party of Kerala, E. K. Nayanar, three time Chief Minister of Kerala, K. Karunakaran, former Chief Minister of Kerala and Congress leader, E. Ahamed, Minister of State for Railways, M. V. Raghavan, former Minister, P. K. Sreemathy, Health Minister, and Pinarayi Vijayan, former Minister.

Some opposition politicians charged political interference in the latter decision, but this was denied by both Pupatello and Studio 2 host Steve Paikin.

Brudnoy's popularity escalated him into the Boston media elite, and he was the host of numerous social gatherings at his upscale Back Bay apartment, mixing students, media personalities, and politicians.

American author Mark Twain, Rock legends David Crosby and John Lennon, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, Television host Jamie Hyneman, Polish politicians Józef Piłsudski, Lech Wałęsa and former professional hockey player Lanny McDonald all sported iconic walrus moustaches.

The university has had on its rolls a host of politicians and statesmen including one president and two vice-presidents of India, two former prime ministers, several union and state ministers, at least four chief justices of the Supreme Court, besides a large number of senior bureaucrats.

Campus political groups regularly host events for Presidential candidates and other well-known politicians in conjunction with Dartmouth's Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy.

As a host, he has conducted several discussion programs featuring leading politicians ; economists and other professionals.