The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 ...

Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, is reportedly due in prison on Oct. 13 Michael Madigan was ...

Former Illinois lawmaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following a federal corruption trial in Chicago.  Madigan, the longest serving legislative leader in U.S.

Nicknamed the “Velvet Hammer” for his quiet but hard-nosed style, Madigan was convicted in February on 10 of 23 counts in a remarkable corruption trial that lasted four months. The case churned ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was sentenced Friday to 7.5 years in prison following his conviction in a federal corruption ...

The first spring session of the 104th General Assembly has come and gone and now some Illinois Republicans are analyzing ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said it was "a horrible day for Minnesota" after lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman and their spouses were shot in separate attacks. Hortman and her husband were ...

As the Bears hope to build a new stadium, the state of Illinois is doing the team no favors. Via the Chicago Sun-Times, the ...

Under the proposed Illinois legislation, death certificates would show the terminal illness as the cause of death, not ...

The Illinois Clean Slate Act, which would automatically seal criminal records of nonviolent felons, failed to pass the ...

The transit agencies will each run out of pandemic relief funding at various points in 2026, creating deficits in their ...