CHICAGO, April 28 (UPI) -- Sen. Roland Burris introduced fellow Illinois Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin as the "senior citizen" from Illinois during Vice President Joe Biden's Chicago visit.
BELLEVILLE, Ill., April 10 (UPI) -- Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., says he has accumulated $500,000 in legal bills stemming from his appointment to the U.S. Senate by ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- An aide to U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., claims Democratic leaders are using the indictment of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to impugn Burris's character.
WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- The man who replaced President Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, Roland Burris, wants to set up a legal defense fund to protect his seat, a Senate aide says.
WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, trying to hang on to his Senate seat, is being subjected to an effort to "sully his good name" and race is involved, his office says.
CHICAGO, March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says race was a factor when the Senate moved to seat embattled Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., the body's only African-American.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Federal investigators interviewed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., on Saturday in Chicago, sources told the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris's failure to fully disclose his ties to impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich has clouded his future in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin said.
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.
