Most folks just figured that Mike Madigan had avoided the long arm of federal law by being extra-careful. And he may have been. But the arrogance of immense power apparently overrode his sense of self ...

We discuss the federal trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wrapping up and President Trump's decision to ...

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

President Donald Trump has pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WIFR) - The bribery case against Michael Madigan nears an end after more than four months. After more than ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four-month ...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan minced no words on the day Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his longtime political ...

C orruption in politics is occasionally clear-cut: think wads of cash handed over in a briefcase. More often it is blurry; ...

The timeline tracking Illinois’ shameful history of political corruption added two notable notches this week. First, on Monday, the only Illinois governor officially booted from office by the ...

Michael J. Madigan, a formidable force in the state’s politics for decades, faced federal charges of racketeering, bribery ...

Illinois lawmakers and politicos gave their reaction to the historic conviction of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan.