Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been disbarred. The Illinois Supreme Court took Madigan off the list of people ...

Michael J. Madigan spent decades as speaker of the Illinois House, but when he strode to the lectern in a packed federal courtroom on Friday he seemed almost unsure of what to say. Pausing to sip from ...

The feds say a man who once had an “unbreakable” bond with former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan should be sentenced to nearly six years in prison, partly for serving as Madigan’s “agent, ...

Five months ago, the man long known to Illinois as “Mr. Speaker” made the stunning decision to climb onto the witness stand, swear an oath and tell his side of the story. But along the way, Michael J.

Nearly six decades after becoming a lawyer, former House Speaker Michael Madigan has been disbarred following his convictions ...

CHICAGO — Lawyers for convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan are arguing for a new trial in his corruption case, saying prosecutors failed to prove the then-powerful Democrat knew about a ...

Michael Madigan’s stunning political collapse is expected to culminate Friday when the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history is sentenced on federal bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud ...

CHICAGO — Michael McClain, a longtime lobbyist for utility giant Commonwealth Edison who was also a close confidant of then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to two years in prison ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Federal prosecutors say former Illinois House Speaker ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The third member of the so-called ComEd Four was sentenced Thursday. Michael McClain walked into the Dirksen federal courthouse Thursday morning. He was sentenced to 24 months in ...

In his decades as one of Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s top aides, Tim Mapes was known as a guy who could marshal the votes needed to win passage of legislation, whether by barking orders ...