Deliberations in the Michael Madigan political corruption trial continued for a sixth day, though there was no verdict, as a ...

A total of 1,610 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection ...

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 ...

(The Center Square) – Michael Madigan’s defense team has resumed closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago. “Job recommendations without more ...

Prosecutors in the historic corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday attacked the credibility of the defense’s star witness: Madigan himself. “What you heard on the ...

Powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan organized a “stream of bribes” in order to enhance his own power and line his own pockets, federal prosecutors said in their final words to jurors ...

After more than three months, dozens of witnesses and hundreds of audio recordings, the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will soon be in the hands of a jury. Closing arguments ...

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Madigan served in the Illinois House for 50 years and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He also chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, is the latest in a long line of state politicians to go on trial for alleged corruption. Madigan and former lawmaker-turned-lobbyist ...

Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain pleaded not guilty to 23 ...

Mike Madigan, “a young 82” by his own testimony, told jurors that while people had often come to him for help during his nearly four decades as the powerful Speaker of the Illinois House of ...