SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., Sunday denied having inappropriate contact with former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who appointed Burris to the Senate.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., was asked for up to $10,000 in campaign cash by the brother of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, records show.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Illinois voters are doubtful about Roland Burris, who replaced Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, a new poll released Wednesday finds.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Roland Burris says those who opposed him filling Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat changed their minds when they examined his background.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointment to the U.S. Senate demanded Sunday that he be seated before Inauguration Day.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Illinois' high court ruled Friday Roland Burris did not need the signature of the state secretary of state to take his U.S. Senate seat.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris Wednesday voice optimism about representing Illinois in Washington after some questions are resolved.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Sunday his opposition to Roland Burris being named to President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat has nothing to do with race.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama restated his support of the Senate Democrats' plan not to seat his successor, even though Roland Burris is a "fine public servant."
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris was tapped by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill President-elect Barack Obama's open Senate seat.
