CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The son of embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., scored a $75,000-a-year job under former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich five months ago, sources said.
Roland W. Burris II was hired as a senior counsel for the state's housing authority in September, about six weeks after the Internal Revenue Service filed a $34,163 tax lien against him and three weeks after a mortgage company sought foreclosure on his home, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday.