Two days of intensive questioning this week have yielded no new jurors in the corruption trial of Michael Madigan, as the ...

The corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan inched closer to opening statements Tuesday as lawyers spent ...

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The trial, which is scheduled to last through mid-December, is the culmination of more than a decade of digging by the FBI and prosecutors, and it's the final in a series of related cases that have ...

The former Illinois House Speaker once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in American history will enter a ...

Jury selection began Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the ...

Attorneys are paying close attention to details in what some say could be the largest political corruption case in Illinois ...

The 82-year-old is charged in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme that included the state’s largest utility ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan parks his SUV in the garage at his Southwest Side home after federal prosecutors accused him of leading a criminal enterprise in 2022. Ashlee Rezin/Su ...

He set much of Illinois’ political agenda, deciding which pieces of legislation would get a vote. He controlled multiple political funds, allowing him to pick candidates to run. Madigan also ...

But prosecutors still have one crucial task ahead of them: proving former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan guilty of a racketeering conspiracy. That work finally begins Tuesday ...