It's been 10 days since a federal jury began deliberating the fate of Mike Madigan—and by Tuesday afternoon, a verdict had ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unfairly prosecuted for attempting to make a political deal, otherwise known as ...

A jury is still working toward a decision at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

We have reached our limit for today,” the jury said in a note sent to the judge at about 3 p.m. “We would like to leave early ...

Jurors in the trial of former House speaker Michael Madigan are resuming deliberations Monday, their ninth day of discussions ...

Michael Madigan’s jury heard from more than 60 witnesses during 11 weeks of testimony. Now, they’ve deliberated for just shy of 64 hours over another 10 days. Whether their reference Tuesday to having ...

I support President Trump in many ways,” state Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said, “but I don’t think he understands that this just signals that the corruption in Illinois is just accepted, rather than it ...

Jurors in the Michael Madigan corruption trial have returned to Chicago’s federal courthouse for their seventh day of ...

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards?

President Donald Trump’s pardoning of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich drew angry reactions from some Illinois political leaders ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...

President Donald Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted on 18 ...