Jack Abramoff, the powerhouse Washington lobbyist who admitted running a wide-ranging corruption scheme that ensnared lawmakers, Capitol Hill aides and government officials, received a reduced sentence of four years in prison Thursday because of his cooperation with federal investigators.

Jack Abramoff, the one-time super lobbyist who wined and dined the Republican political elite, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for his role in an influence-peddling scheme that ushered in sweeping lobbying reforms in Washington.

By MARISA TAYLOR Jack Abramoff, the one-time super lobbyist who wined and dined the Republican political elite, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for his role in an influence-peddling scheme that ushered in sweeping lobbying reforms in Washington. Abramoff could've received up to 11 years in prison, but Judge Ellen S. Huvelle decided he deserved a more lenient sentence for helping ...

But a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe in Michigan, Delores Jackson, told the judge that Abramoff had earned his lobbying fees by blocking ...

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced on Thursday to serve four more years in prison in a corruption scandal that rocked Washington's power elite and helped Republicans lose control of Congress.

A competency hearing for a 61- year-old Midland woman accused of three Midland bank robberies was postponed Friday and is likely to be rescheduled for some time in the next week to 10 days.

The onetime Republican lobbyist, who is already doing time on a separate conviction, tearfully admits to the judge that he 'happily and arrogantly' engaged in a corrupt lifestyle. Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful Republican lobbyist, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for his leading role in a wide-ranging corruption scandal that rocked Congress and the Bush administration.

The corrupt former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday for defrauding some of his clients -- chiefly, two Indian tribes -- and bribing public officials, including a congressman who himself served a prison term in connection to the case.

The corrupt former lobbyist Jack Abramoff is expected to be sentenced Thursday to a federal prison term for defrauding some of his clients -- chiefly, two Indian tribes -- and bribing public officials, including a congressman who himself served a prison term in connection to the case.

Saginaw County combined with 20 others in Michigan to chip in more than ever to the record amount of money that Jerry Lewis raised during his 43rd annual Labor Day telethon.

WASHINGTON -- Some of the biggest names in the gambling world are betting on the congressional futures of Detroit Democratic Reps. John Conyers and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick.

MLive.com, MI - Aug 28, 2008by John Hiner | The Bay City Times Bob Ciaffone of Saginaw Township says you can bet the house on Barack Obama to be the next president. ...