How long should former House Speaker Michael Madigan spend in prison? Prosecutors say 12+ years, while Madigan's attorneys are seeking to keep him out from behind bars.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Mary Rita Madigan, the mother of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and a grandmother of state Attorney General Lisa Madigan, has died. She was 90.

Air pollution remains a silent killer in Massachusetts, responsible for an estimated 2,780 deaths a year and for measurable cognitive loss in Bay State children exposed to fine particulate pollutants ...