"This case is a prime candidate for bail pending an appeal," former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, Ms. Pramaggiore's appellate counsel, wrote in the brief. "The government has conceded most ...

A high-profile murder trial moved from Springfield to Peoria began Monday. Charged in the case is former Sangamon County ...

Madigan funds paid his bills ...

CHICAGO — Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza, who had been accused of bribing then-Illinois House Speaker ...

In the time since Michael Madigan was indicted, no substantive ethics bills have been debated in either chamber of the state ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison by 2 p.m., Oct. 13, to begin his 7.5-year ...

The deferred-prosecution deal scuttles a retrial that had been set for January. It also comes on Madigan’s first full day in ...

Under the terms of a so-called deferred prosecution agreement, prosecutors are expected to eventually seek dismissal of the ...

Michael Madigan — long the most powerful politician in Illinois during his decades as the state’s House speaker — has ...

A former AT&T executive accused of bribing then-House Speaker Michael Madigan entered into a deferred prosecution agreement ...

The former president of AT&T Illinois has agreed to a deferred-prosecution deal, averting a second trial on charges he bribed ...

Dick Simpson, Political Science Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago and former Chicago Alderman (1971-1979), ...