Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...
Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud ...
The values are going down downtown. Residential is going to take on a greater share of the tax bill,” an expert says, which ...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered a unique state budget address. Sure, he included topics conventionally covered in such speeches — like revenue projections and an outline of some spending ...
Who’s paying?: Areas like the Near West Side, Logan Square and Bronzeville have been particularly hard hit by rising taxes, ...
State Rep. Jackie Haas writes about how former Speaker Mike Madigan's legacy still looms over the Legislature.
The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...
(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 – A federal judge on Thursday declined to acquit former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza after his September trial on charges that he bribed ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ...
Codefendant Michael McClain is charged in six of those counts ... million in fines as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with prosecutors. Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021.
Legislation in the Illinois House would empower inspectors general, restrict lobbying by elected leaders, add protections ...