Of Chicago, Frank Sinatra once sang that "it's my kind of town." Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) agrees. During 9 recent trips to Springfield (site of the Capitol), he stayed overnight only once, returning to Chicago 8 times.

The Chicago Sun-Times has more:

Gov. Blagojevich's practice of flying from Chicago to Springfield and back for daily budget negotiations is costing taxpayers more than $5,800 a day, for a total of roughly $76,000 and climbing.

An Associated Press analysis of state flight records shows Blagojevich made eight round trips on state airplanes from May 22 to June 7. He spent an average of less than five hours in Springfield each time, including travel time to and from the capital airport.

On a ninth trip, he stayed over two nights as lawmakers tried to meet their May 31 budget-approval deadline.

The cost of the travel was $52,540.

There is an executive mansion in Springfield, largely unused.