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With Its Prisons Dangerously Full, Why Is California Fighting for Custody of a Dying Prisoner Across the Country?

Jessica Pupovac, Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 12, 2009.

While other states release low-risk, high-cost prisoners, CA officials want to jail another terminal prisoner, on taxpayers' dime.

Illinois Governor Calls on Roland Burris to Resign

Jill Tubman, Jack & Jill Politics AlterNet: PEEK. February 20, 2009.

Gov. Pat Quinn is joining calls for Burris to resign and trying to change the law to give him the boot.

Cuckoo D'Etat: What Really Happened at Blagojevich's Impeachment Hearing

Scours Mopgood, AlterNet. January 31, 2009.

Satire: A sympathetic custodian has given AlterNet a detailed and hilarious description of how the disgraced ex-Governor's hearing went down.

Rod Blagojevich No Longer Is Illinois' Governor

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2009.

Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn immediately becomes governor.

Are Blagojevich and Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Money Dealings with Chicago's Indian Community Tied to the Corruption Charges?

Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch. January 2, 2009.

Clues emerge in the possible connection between Jesse Jackson Jr., Blagojevich, and the money for Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Updated: Blagojevich Appoints Roland Burris as Obama's Senate Successor

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Video. December 30, 2008.

"No appointment by this governor under these circumstances could produce a credible replacement."

Obama Report Exonerates Rahm ... Had Only One 'Pro-Forma' Courtesy Call With Blago

Nico Pitney, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 22, 2008.

Emanuel is on tape telling Blago's chief of staff that Obama would not offer any favors to induce the governor to choose Obama's favored candidate.