Situation: After considering thousands of bills, the Illinois legislature paused its brief, frenetic spring session, putting ...

He'd brokered the deal with Republican Gov. Jim Thompson. But, Edgar said, when his team sat down to review the legislation enacting the public works program that year, funding for the library was ...

Decades ago, a convicted murderer whose death-penalty sentence was overturned on appeal was returned to Champaign County for re-sentencing.

Chicago-based federal Judge John Blakey is staring at the two faces of convicted felon Michael Madigan, the former and longtime speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.

The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Opinion Madigan judge enters former speaker's hall of mirrors Jim Dey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Wed, June 4, 2025, 8:59 PM PDT 3 min read ...

This is largely in line with the funding ramp signed into law by Republican Gov. Jim Edgar in 1994, which aims to have the state's pension systems at 90% funded by 2045.

Michael Madigan’s sentencing hearing will cap the most aggressive, expansive corruption investigation in Chicago since the days of Rod Blagojevich. But many wonder: Would President Donald Trump ...

The letter writers included former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar, who acknowledged “Mike made mistakes … but he did far more good in making this state a better place to live.” ...

But on Friday, a new term was added to the former speaker’s list of legacy-defining terms when U.S. District Judge John Blakey sentenced Madigan to 90 months, or 7 ½ years, in federal prison ...

Jim Edgar, Bill Weld and Christine Todd Whitman, as well as former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan. The appeal to democratic values has been central to the Harris campaign’s outreach to ...

Attorneys also included an op-ed in support of Madigan penned by former GOP Gov. Jim Thompson before his death in 2020.