"It was a mountain of evidence and a lot of the recordings we listened to, we listened to over and over and over again," said ...

Hundreds of widows and widowers in the Wexford area will receive a knock at their door and a bouquet of flowers for Valentine ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in American history has been found guilty of some ...

(The Center Square) – Jurors started deliberating at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury ...

CHICAGO — It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing ...

Madigan is charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct in connection with a scheme prosecutors called “The Madigan Enterprise.” Codefendant Michael McClain is ...

Early in their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the Illinois House, leaning forward ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Arrives to Courthouse Monday January 27th Of the indictment’s 23 corruption-related charges against Madigan, Collins said 16 of them were based on ...

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CHICAGO — As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s defense lawyers began their closing arguments last week, attorney Dan Collins pointed to something the former speaker said when he ...

Collins also sought to undermine the government’s allegation that Madigan greenlighted ComEd to kill a consumer-related bill that the utility did not want but that Attorney General Lisa Madigan, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continues. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...