Speaker Mike Madigan guilty on 10 counts, including of bribery.

Jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of 10 counts and acquitted him of seven, but could not reach a ...

CHICAGO — Jurors on Tuesday are set to return for their 10th day of deliberations in the marathon corruption trial of ex-speaker Michael Madigan. Deliberations began the afternoon of Jan. 29 and ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Michael Paul Heeney ... Proud alumnus of the CK Class of 1967, St. Rita H.S. Class of 1971, attended Illinois State University, and received an associate’s degree from Worsham College of ...

CHICAGO — Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve (his) power and line his pockets” for years, prosecutors ...

Trump's decision to commute Blagojevich's sentence was met with bipartisan criticism in Illinois. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker ...

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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s legal team rested their case Thursday, hoping to convince jurors that prosecutors overreached by bringing a historic racketeering conspiracy ...

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 ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks to the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Oct. 2, 2024. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share When former Illinois House Speaker Michael J.

Hoping to finally turn the page on former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s decadeslong reign over Illinois politics, Democrats ...