where the former speaker usually sits one-on-one with one of his daughters — including former Attorney General Lisa Madigan — or other supporters, snacking on fresh fruit from the salad bar.

CHICAGO — Officials at AT&T Illinois felt so much pressure to hire consultants friendly to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan that they discussed setting aside $60,000 as a contingency fund in ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan – a mainstay of Illinois political power for over four decades – is pictured ...

Illinois’ culture of corruption may leave many feeling hopeless. But elected officials, from Gov. JB Pritzker to township ...

Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.

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(The Center Square) – Jurors are off until next year at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. The court is in ...

Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.

CHICAGO – After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial rested their case Wednesday, followed ...

CHICAGO — After 30 days of testimony over three months, prosecutors rested their case in chief Wednesday in the blockbuster public corruption trial of Michael Madigan, formerly the immensely ...