CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal prosecutors want a former ComEd lobbyist to spend more than four years in prison. They filled a ...

John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...

After former House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to prison, The Chicago Tribune issued a plaintive cry for a new day ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 million fine for the former Illinois House ...

If he wins a third term, Gov. JB Pritzker will become only the second Illinois governor to serve more than two terms.

Demographic shifts mean that Chicago’s increasingly diverse young workforce is financing the retirements of older generations ...

For a half-century former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was the godfather of Illinois state “poli-tricks”, holding ...

Illinois has a well-documented history of corruption, extending beyond elected politicians to include appointed and career ...

I’ve found myself thinking less about Michael Madigan and more about another former speaker, Melissa Hortman, who I had the ...

Michael Madigan will follow Ed Burke to federal prison, arguably ending Irish political leadership stretching back 150 years ...

If you had any interaction with a state legislator since the shootings, you know this horrific crime has struck many of them ...

A federal judge sentenced Michael Madigan Friday to seven-and-a-half years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $2.5 ...