Jesse Jackson News

For 50 years, Peggy Wallace Kennedy has lived in the shadow cast by her father, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, when he stood in a doorway and tried to stop two black students from integrating the University of Alabama.

MEET THE PRESS Gubernatorial candidate Bill Daley ripped his two probable competitors Monday for their failures in the state's crippling pension crisis.

Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has no money to pay a $750,000 fine and wants to serve his prison time first if he and his wife both go to jail, according to court documents.

Convicted former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would like to serve prison time ahead of his also-convicted spouse, Sandi Jackson, court filings show.

Of all of the state-level Democratic parties in "solid blue states" in this country, the Democratic Party of Illinois has to be the worst.

Lawyers for Jesse Jackson Jr. assert in a court filing that the former Illinois congressman's mental health may worsen if he is given a lengthy prison sentence.

The mayor's race in Toledo is getting attention from the national AFL-CIO. The local union has endorsed Democrat Anita Lopez and that has drawn the interest of the state and national union.

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly said Monday she wants the Legislature to pass a law giving local communities a "decision-making role" in the development of the South Suburban Airport.

Prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.

For 50 years Peggy Wallace Kennedy has lived in the shadow cast by her father, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, when he stood in a doorway and tried to stop two black students from integrating the University of Alabama.

FED PROSECUTORS RECOMMEND FOUR YRS IN PRISON FOR FMR REP JESSE JACKSON JR AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY IN A PLOT TO SPEND CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON PERSONAL ITEMS * HE IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED ON JULY 3 ALONG WITH HIS WIFE, SANDRA, WHO ALSO PLEADED GUILTY TO FILING FALSE JOINT FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS THAT UNDERSTATED THE COUPLE'S INCOME * PA'S HIGHEST ... (more)

Gov. Deval Patrick returned to his old neighborhood in Chicago yesterday where a section of the street he grew up on was renamed after him - but some living there now had one question: Who is he? "I don't know anything about him," 86-year-old Thelma Rollins said.

The regular legislative session for 2013 is over. Lawmakers called it quits around six Thursday night.

BRITAIN'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE UK GOVT HAS BEEN SECRETLY GATHERING COMMUNICATIONS DATA FROM AMERICAN INTERNET GIANTS BY WAY OF THE NATL SECURITY AGENCY * DOCUMENTS REPORTEDLY SHOW HOW A BRITISH EAVESDROPPING AGENCY HAS HAD ACCESS TO THE U.S. SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS * THE PAPER HAD EARLIER REVEALED DETAILS OF AN INTEL OP TARGETING ... (more)

BRITAIN'S GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE UK GOVT HAS BEEN SECRETLY GATHERING COMMUNICATIONS DATA FROM AMERICAN INTERNET GIANTS BY WAY OF THE NATL SECURITY AGENCY * DOCUMENTS REPORTEDLY SHOW HOW A BRITISH EAVESDROPPING AGENCY HAS HAD ACCESS TO THE U.S. SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS * THE PAPER HAD EARLIER REVEALED DETAILS OF AN INTEL OP TARGETING ... (more)

A 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy is coming out of his coffin in Boston to undergo rare cleaning and restoration procedures at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Federal prosecutors are recommending four years in prison for ex-congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty to misusing $750,000 in campaign funds.

Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions may be looking to move its headquarters south -- to Atlanta.

Back in February, when federal charges were filed against former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. , we wondered about the identity of "Person F," a person who, according to court documents, wrote a check for $25,000 in April 2011 to pay down the balance on a credit card belonging to Jackson and his wife, former Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson.

A federal judge wants to review the documents before deciding whether medical information related to the corruption case of former Congressman Jesse Jackson should be sealed.