The feds’ bid to put the former head of the state’s largest utility behind bars comes a week after they asked for a sentence ...

Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for everyone. Donation Options Search Search Search Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan enters the Dirksen Federal ...

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

Prosecutors this week asked a federal judge to hand Anne Pramaggiore a 70-month prison sentence along with a fine of $1.75 ...

Former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years and fined $2.5 million for corruption in a landmark ...

Madigan's lawyers will likely point to his wife's health troubles as they argue for a lower sentence for the former Illinois ...

John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...

A federal jury convicted Michael Madigan on Feb. 12, 2025, of multiple federal charges including bribery conspiracy. Here’s how the investigation unfolded.

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan minced no words on the day Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his longtime political nemesis, was arrested on federal corruption charges in December 2008.

Michael Madigan's 12 jurors are chosen and openings are on the horizon — but what took so long? Madigan has played a prominent and polarizing role in Illinois politics for decades.

Regardless of the outcome, Michael Madigan's federal trial has offered a fly-on-the-wall opportunity to see how the levers of power are pulled in private.