With Madigan required to serve at least 85% of his sentence, he will be around 90 years old before he's eligible for release.

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan may be heading for a 7.5-year stint in the federal pen, but his corrupt legend lives on thanks to a folk song by a former staffer.

(The Center Square) – A federal judge sentenced Michael Madigan Friday to seven-and-a-half years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $2.5 million for crimes committed during his tenure as the ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s crimes against the people of warranted a sentence of 105 years – just for his role in ...

Illinois' former House Speaker Michael Madigan walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for his sentencing hearing, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal prosecutors want a former ComEd lobbyist to spend more than four years in prison. They filled a sentencing memo in the case of John Hooker, asking for a 56-month sentence.

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 c… ...

CHICAGO — Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch is urging a judge to dismiss a lawsuit members of his staff filed against him last month seeking to force recognition of their union.

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery conspiracy and other corruption charges.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, enters the federal court building in Chicago for his corruption trial on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 ©By Brett Rowland | The Center Square ...