* 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.

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.

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.

* Rod Blagojevich ( D ), governor from 2003 to 2009, and Ryan's successor, was impeached and removed from office by the Illinois General Assembly in a unanimous vote in January 2009 after being tied to multiple " pay to play " schemes, including attempting to sell the former Senate seat of recently elected President Barack Obama ..

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.

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.

Rod Blagojevich ( born December 10, 1956 ) is an American former politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009.

Blagojevich has a brother, Rob, who worked as a fund-raiser for Rod in Rod's later political career.

Alderman Richard Mell is the father-in-law of former Governor Rod Blagojevich.

* As of December 2008, The current Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich was accused of influence peddling in attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

The other three were Otto Kerner, Jr., George Ryan, and Rod Blagojevich.

Pat Quinn is the current governor of the U. S. state of Illinois having replaced Rod R. Blagojevich on January 29, 2009.

* John Harris, Rod Blagojevich Chief of Staff

2, 2009-A Federal grand jury issued 19-count indictment for Rod Blagojevich and his aides.

Beebe defeated former Republican Congressman and Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) chief Asa Hutchinson as well as the Green Party candidate and independent candidate Rod Bryan in the general election on November 7, 2006, capturing 55 percent of the vote.

On the same day, Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced he would only consider unanimous recommendations, whose effect on the Department of Education was to:

Will Roger Peterson and Flynn Mauthe created the Department of Public Works ( DPW ) to build the " city " grid layout ( a requirement so that emergency vehicles could be directed to an " address ") designed by Rod Garrett, an architect.

Professor Graeme Clark A. C., then Foundation Professor of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne in 1970, led the team that developed the Australian prototype bionic ear, which was implanted into the first patient, Rod Saunders, in 1978.

In 1997, a Defense Department document leaked to The New York Times showed that the Pentagon had not been forthcoming with information previously requested by U. S. Senator Rod Grams.

* " Blue Ribbon Schools "-Remarks of U. S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige October, 2001 ( source: US Department of Education )

On January 6, 2005, it was discovered that the United States Department of Education had paid The Graham Williams Group, a company run by the newspaper columnist and commentator Armstrong Williams, $ 240, 000 to mention the No Child Left Behind Act regularly in columns and during broadcasts, to create one minute radio features with Education Secretary Rod Paige and not to mention that they were government funded, to create a video promotion for No Child Left Behind that appeared to be a news story and for Armstrong Williams to interview Paige and other department officials for television.

Professor Rod Ellis is the deputy head of the Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

The bypass was even featured on the front cover of IDOT ( Illinois Department of Transportation )' s Capital Improvements Plan during the Republican George Ryan years but was completely taken off the project list under Democrat Rod Blagojevich's administration.

* Senator Rod Kemp: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security ( to 14 October 1996 ) ( see Ministry )

Local and state officials in Illinois, including then Governor Rod Blagojevich, expressed frustration at the move, especially in light of the money and resources that the state had spent to attract the project.

Questions were asked by many of the Ipswich supporters as to why Robson would want to swap the clubs top goalscorer, Rod Belfitt ( and £ 40, 000 ), with a virtually unknown 21 year old.

Current and recurrent CHR hits make up the bulk of the music the station plays ; virtually all music from before 1995 has been dropped, and the station no longer plays such traditional AC artists as Celine Dion, Elton John or Rod Stewart.

Born in the United States, Hayden provides various voices of The Simpsons including Bart's unlucky best friend Milhouse Van Houten, teenage thug Jimbo Jones ( with Nancy Cartwright as Kearney and Tress MacNeille as Dolph ), Ned Flanders ' first-born son Rod Flanders ( Nancy Cartwright voices Todd Flanders ), Chief Wiggum's wife and Ralph Wiggum's mother Sarah, Lois Pennycandy ( Krusty the Clown's personal assistant who is infatuated with him, despite his bitter, cruel treatment of everyone who works for him.

The visibly emotional Rod proceeds to thank everyone and extends warm gratitude to Jerry.

When Rod McCain arrives in London for a visit, everyone is concerned about the zoo's status.

One evening, Ned wants Marge to watch Rod and Todd while he attends a Chris Rock concert ( that he misinterprets to be an abbreviation for a Christian Rock concert ), but Marge is out identifying a body ( which ends up being a very much alive Hans Moleman which everyone thinks is really dead ) so Ned asks Homer instead.

When Onslow took the Commons to the House of Lords to hear their judgment on the case he challenged Black Rod on a trifling point of privilege, delaying the proceedings somewhat, which infuriated almost everyone in attendance.