Lawyers for former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan are asking for an acquittal or a new trial in his corruption case. In a lengthy court filing Friday, they said prosecutors lacked sufficient ...

The former Illinois House speaker's sentencing is set for almost one year after the sentencing of former Ald. Edward M. Burke ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will be sentenced June 13 after being convicted on 10 corruption counts last month. Jurors were deadlocked on six other counts against Madigan.

Democratic justices on the Illinois Supreme Court are mired in conflicts of interest; they must recuse themselves from the ...

Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wants a new trial. His attorneys claimed in a motion that the trial judge made a series of errors, including allowing prosecutors to present as ...

An Illinois House bill would prevent public utilities from making campaign contributions to political candidates if it ...

(The Center Square) – According to a professor who has studied public corruption, it might be a good thing that prosecutors are seeking $3.14 million in forfeiture proceeds from convicted former ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans waited too long to file a lawsuit challenging legislative maps drawn in 2021, the ...

CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors asked for a criminal case against former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis to be dismissed after his ...