The verdicts end a months-long federal trial for one of the most powerful political figures in Illinois, He didn’t have the ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

A federal jury Wednesday rendered a split decision in the wide-ranging indictment against former House Speaker Michael ...

Deliberations continue at Madigan trial Jury deliberations are in their tenth day at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert B ...

Pritzker to sign gun confiscation bill A measure that requires law enforcement to confiscate firearms from subjects of domestic orders of protection will become law Monday after Gov. J.B. Pritzker sig ...