[legion]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IL_WORKERS_ARRESTED_ILOL-?SITE=ILBLO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

CHICAGO (AP) -- Twenty-three illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday after allegedly using fake security badges to work in critical areas at O'Hare International Airport, including the tarmac, authorities said Wednesday.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IL_LICENSES_FOR_SALE_ILOL-?SITE=ILBLO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

OXFORD, Wis. (AP) -- Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan avoided the media but not the inevitable Wednesday as he entered a federal prison to begin serving a 6 1/2-year corruption sentence.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IL_BLAGOJEVICH_INVESTIGATIONS_ILOL-?SITE=ILBLO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- It might seem incredible that as a former Illinois governor reports to federal prison, the current chief faces similar misconduct allegations, from handing out state contracts as political rewards to accepting money under suspicious circumstances.

But this is Illinois.

Democrat Rod Blagojevich, who won the chief executive's office five years ago as a reformer promising to clean up former Gov. George Ryan's mess, has wound up besieged by accusations.

Two people already have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a shakedown scheme that also ensnared one of the governor's closest fundraisers in an indictment.

Federal prosecutors have acknowledged they're also investigating "serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" under Blagojevich.