Defense attorneys began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to distinguish between exchanging jobs for ...

(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and ...

The final juror works at yet another Chicago hospital and told a Madigan attorney that he’d heard the speaker’s name but wasn’t sure what position he’d held. “I know he’s been a ...

On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime colleagues, expressing his appreciation for them.

On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime ...

It had been a tumultuous winter and spring for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as he was forced to fire or distance ...

A sexual harassment scandal had erupted in Springfield in the summer of 2018 and Kevin Quinn, a longtime aide to House ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Michael J. Madigan’s attorneys tried again Tuesday to distance the former Illinois House speaker from a longtime friend and confidant, pressing ComEd’s onetime ...

CHICAGO – Testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his advisor Michael McClain is now in its second week and on Tuesday, Madigan’s lawyers worked to ...

Former ComEd lawyer Tom O’Neill continues testimony in the trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. The day’s questioning highlighted ComEd’s efforts to pass the 2016 Future Energy ...

Federal prosecutors allege ComEd’s contract with Reyes Kurson was part of the utility’s yearslong bribery scheme meant to influence Madigan. Instead of envelopes of cash, the feds claim ...

Madigan that the utility’s CEO was known to declare bluntly, “What’s important to the Speaker is important to ComEd.” That’s what a jury heard Monday as testimony in Madigan’s ...