Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his ...

Madigan, 82, and McClain, faced a 23-count indictment in federal court in Chicago on charges of racketeering conspiracy, ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

In a statement, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the verdict an “important message to anyone in government” that “if you choose ...

Corruption in Illinois is on a weekly basis. The state averaged more than one corruption conviction per week from 1983-2023, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of using his office to run an illegal enterprise. Madigan was the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as part of a partial verdict. The jury reached a partial ...

Then-House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks to members of the media in 2019 at the Capitol after a House Democrats caucus.

Mike Madigan, a former state Democratic Party chair, had been the longest-serving chamber leader in U.S. history. A jury has ...

By Julie Bosman Reporting from Chicago Michael J. Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and a fearsome Democratic power broker for decades, was convicted on ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud ...