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The jury has completed its first full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

The jury in the landmark racketeering trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant deliberated ...

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 shortly after 3 p.m.

It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while ...

Imprisoned former Ald. Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, would seem like an unlikely suitor: Republican President Donald Trump.

Jurors heard almost 150 secret recordings in Madigan’s trial, including phone calls with co-defendant Michael McClain and conversations with government mole Danny Solis.

As ComEd’s lead external lobbyist for years, McClain took Madigan’s job recommendations and referred them to leaders at the ...

An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Justice found on average more than one Illinois public servant was convicted every week between 1983 and 2023. As longtime former Illinois House Speaker ...

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Wednesday with his former law partner Vincent “Bud” ...

The jury began their first full day of deliberations on Thursday - 14-and-a-half weeks after being seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is accused of leading a criminal enterprise over nearly a decade, designed to ...