Jurors are scheduled to return from an 18-day holiday break on Monday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...

Lawyers in Michael Madigan’s trial came to court expecting a drag-out fight over the implications of a recent U.S. Supreme ...

The U.S. Supreme Court zeroed in on that very question when it heard oral arguments last April in the corruption case against ...

Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan want the jury in his corruption trial to see evidence that then-Ald. Daniel ...

While Michele Madigan is no stranger to politics, 2024 marked her first time holding a county-level position as she assumed ...

From the shocking testimony of an alderman-turned-mole to a “magic list,” we dig into what we’ve learned so far from the ...

Judge John Robert Blakey has reviewed jury instructions with federal prosecutors and defense attorneys at the corruption ...

After an extended holiday break, jurors are expected to return Monday to hear from more witnesses in Madigan’s defense.

Madigan, 82, a Southwest Side Democrat, and his longtime confidant, Michael McClain, 77, of downstate Quincy, are charged in a 23-count indictment alleging Madigan’s vaunted state and political ...

Attorneys in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan came to court Thursday expecting a drag-out fight about the implications of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the ...