The former Illinois House Speaker once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in American history will enter a ...

The 82-year-old is charged in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme that included the state’s largest utility ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan parks his SUV in the garage at his Southwest Side home after federal prosecutors accused him of leading a criminal enterprise in 2022. Ashlee Rezin/Su ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan walks with attorneys Wednesday into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Patricia Nabong/Sun-Times Share Nine months ago ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A federal judge has rejected former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's motion to dismiss most of the criminal charges against him, despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling ...

It did so at the request of Michael McClain, who was widely known as Madigan’s right-hand man. AT&T Illinois was charged separately in 2022 and agreed to pay a $23 million fine. Acevedo has ...

(The Center Square) – With the racketeering and bribery trial of longtime former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan scheduled to begin Tuesday, Illinois lawmakers are recalling some of ...

and things didn’t get any better Thursday when a jury failed to agree on whether a former AT&T Illinois executive bribed ex-state House Speaker Michael J. Madigan to pass legislation in Springfield.

(The Center Square) – A judge on Wednesday denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's motion to dismiss some of the charges he faces before trial next week. Judge John Robert ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves court during a break in a pretrial hearing in August at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. Opinions Editor Former Illinois House Speaker ...