Some Illinois lawmakers are expressing hope that the General Assembly will get serious about ethics reform in 2025. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, is the latest in a long ...

Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain pleaded not guilty to 23 ...

CHICAGO – Closing arguments are set for Wednesday as attorneys for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan rested their ...

Jurors are expected to receive a long list of instructions from the judge at former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s ...

The outcome of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial will be watched closely well beyond Chicago’s ...

Madigan, who reigned over Illinois politics for decades ... Madigan’s co-defendant and longtime confidant Michael McClain chose not to testify in the current case. So did ex-Ald.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime law firm partner Vincent “Bud” Getzendanner testified in Madigan’s ...

Whatever happens in the federal trial against former House Speaker Michael Madigan, "He brought all this on himself," writes ...

SummaryClosing arguments scheduled for next week, 3 months after trial officially began By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News ...

Many think Madigan understood where the legal lines were and never crossed them. But the prosecution has shown jurors ...

The former Illinois House speaker's legal team will get one more chance to make its pitch when closing arguments get underway ...