Patrick Cotter of UB Greensfelder and John Mitchell of Willkie Farr & Gallagher represented Mike McClain, who faced criminal bribery charges alongside former Speaker Michael Madigan. Although Chicago ...

Michael J. Madigan, a formidable force in the state’s politics for decades, faced federal charges of racketeering, bribery ...

Before the trial, Madigan spent a record 36 years as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, where he wielded control over whether legislation would move forward in Springfield until he ...

Fortunately, the work of the 2009 Illinois Reform Commission, established in the wake of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s ...

A piece of legislation that would start the conversation surrounding the adjustment of the borders of Indiana and Illinois, ...

Madigan and his longtime ally, Michael McClain, are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Jurors are expected to resume ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted Wednesday of 10 counts of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud.

A federal jury rendered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, convicting him of 10 counts including conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud, involving utilities ...

Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was found guilty of bribery and wire fraud, a Chicago federal court jury said ...

Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) said Pritzker implied that the Republican party is full of Nazis during his state of the state ...

"If Illinois residents and counties are looking for something different, we're simply raising our hands and saying, you'd be ...