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George Ryan Fast Facts
08 Feb 2024 17:43 GMT
… at the life of George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois who served time in … of Representatives.
1983-1991 – Lieutenant governor of Illinois.
1990 – Becomes secretary of … by Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Bush leaves office …
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces plan to tear down, replace historic Stateville prison
15 Mar 2024 10:16 GMT
… it plans to rebuild two Illinois prisons, including the nearly … ,” the consultants said.
Before Illinois did away with the death … in the early 2000s when Gov. George Ryan shut down another historic prison … in the 1870s as the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded …
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker appoints former deputy governor Christian Mitchell to McPier board
01 Mar 2024 22:56 GMT
… National Convention.
Mitchell left the governor’s administration in January 2023 … the chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was … always had the smoothest rides. Former Gov. George Ryan’s appointment Scott Fawell, who …
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Inmate’s release 25 years ago paved way for Illinois ban on executions, but death penalty debate continues nationwide
05 Feb 2024 12:43 GMT
… video to the private investigator.
Former Chicago Tribune reporter and Pulitzer … that of George Ryan, who was the governor.”
The Republican leader of Illinois had … office under Ryan.
In 2011, Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing …
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Political corruption won’t end in Illinois till lawmakers pass reforms
23 Jan 2024 12:39 GMT
… former Alpha Ald. Ed Burke, and former greedy Govs. Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan (former Illinois … noted above, several reforms Gov. J.B. Pritzker … , a four-term Illinois attorney general, pushed for … longer enough for the governor and legislative leaders …
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Pritzker says state ‘obviously’ needs to change 2010 law that shrunk pension benefits
19 Apr 2024 22:21 GMT
… to address Illinois’ chronically underfunded pension system.
But the governor this week … lawmakers on the governor’s plan to fully fund Illinois’ pensions by … taking early retirement under Republican Gov. George Ryan. Both moves increased the liability …
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After conviction, ex-Ald. Ed Burke gets pension bump; former Speaker Mike Madigan now in line for hike before new trial date
14 Jan 2024 11:27 GMT
… how some elected officials, including former Republican Gov. George Ryan, had collected hefty pension … his bank account, records show.
[ Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s … , the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that Ryan, the former governor, should …
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Illinois lawmaker pushes to ban ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s portrait from the Capitol
02 Jan 2024 12:03 GMT
… prison after leaving the governor’s office 20 … bar recognition for the ex-speaker and needled … one of former Gov. George Ryan, hanging in the House chamber.”
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, accompanied … any painting of impeached ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who …
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Susan Catania, former state lawmaker and ‘fighter’ for equality, dies at 81
28 Dec 2023 21:22 GMT
… Gov. candidate Susan Catania on March 16, 1982. While in the Illinois … ,” said former state Rep. and former state appellate … voter interest. Then-Illinois House Speaker George Ryan, R-Kankakee, … GOP primary for lieutenant governor.
Catania also decided …
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Taped conversations likely doomed ex-alder Ed Burke, former federal prosecutor says
22 Dec 2023 00:37 GMT
… who secured a conviction against former Illinois governor George Ryan says jurors who considered Ed … by just playing these tapes,” former assistant U.S. attorney Patrick …