Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is cutting 450 jobs in state government, union officials said today, shuttering two dozen parks and state historic sites as part of the fallout from deep budget cuts.

Although he didn't come right out and say it, Rod Blagojevich signaled to the Illinois press that he'll run for a third term. "I love my job. I think I am a great governor. There is more to do. I like my job and there is no reason to think I don’t want to keep doing this job," the governor said yesterday during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. "If this was just some non-contact ...

Harvey property tied to Blagojevich donor A state panel Wednesday urged Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration to cancel a multimillion-dollar deal to rent office space from a politically connected developer whose family has been a major donor to the governor.

DENVER -- Gov. Blagojevich Wednesday signaled his desire to run for a third term in 2010, brushing aside scandal, deep disdain with his own party and a growing field of possible challengers.

DENVER - Illinois' fractious delegation to the National Democratic Convention broke into a remarkable display of tears and hugging Wednesday, culminating with a brief embrace between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan that drew thunderous applause.

DENVER -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich isn't saying whether he'll run for a third term, but he calls himself "a great governor" who loves his job.

DENVER — Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn't saying whether he'll run for a third term, but he calls himself " a great governor" who loves his job.

DENVER (AP) - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich isn't saying whether he'll run for a third term, but he calls himself "a great governor" who loves his job.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich all but announced he'd run for re-election Wednesday amid a seemingly impossible Democratic "lovefest" that saw him hugging his political rival - House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich all but announced he'd run for re-election Wednesday amid a seemingly impossible Democratic "lovefest" that saw him hugging his political rival - House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn't saying whether he'll run for a third term, but he calls himself "a great governor" who loves his job.

NEW 2:15 p.m. DENVER -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich isn't saying whether he'll run for a third term, but he calls himself "a great governor" who loves his job.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 2:06 p.m. DENVER (AP) -- Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich isn't saying whether he'll run for a third term, but he calls himself "a great governor" who loves his job.

Bitter rivals House Speaker Michael Madigan and Gov. Rod Blagojevich hugged this morning before hundreds of cheering delegates after being egged on by a passionate plea from U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr..

Bitter rivals House Speaker Michael Madigan and Gov. Rod Blagojevich hugged this morning before hundreds of cheering delegates after being egged on by a passionate plea from U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr..

Hell froze over in Denver today. House Speaker Michael Madigan and Gov. Rod Blagojevich put years of feuding behind them -- at least for this morning -- at the Democratic National Convention Illinois delegation breakfast.

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will speak this morning to the state delegation at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Blagojevich skipped the first couple days of the DNC and arrived yesterday, well after the state's daily delegation breakfast. Some, including Attorney General Lisa Madigan, call Blagojevich's absence noticeably strange. But State Representative Jack Franks says ...

(Crain’s) — Illinois delegates have been wondering how the tension between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael Madigan will play out when both of the state party leaders showed up in the same room at the Democratic National Convention. But they were all smiles and yucking it up Tuesday afternoon during a long private chat after the governor arrived fashionably late at an Illinois ...

DENVER — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich might find a cool reception today when he joins his state's delegation to the Democratic National Convention.