Statewide problem: Overall, people of all races across Illinois are belt-tightening, with 63% of adults eating out less and 45% buying fewer clothes. Nearly 30% canceled vacations; 36% spent less on ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar won a fourth term Tuesday over ex-NBA player Royce White in Minnesota. Klobuchar went into the campaign with a history of big wins and a huge financial ...

The park, located along Ind. 64 just outside of Georgetown, Indiana, is set to open Nov. 12. The Floyd County Parks and ...

Gone Baby Gone, Ben Afflecks first film as a director, starring his brother Casey Affleck, is headed to Prime Video. The 2007 ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Michael J. Madigan’s attorneys tried again Tuesday to distance the former Illinois House speaker from a longtime friend and confidant, pressing ComEd’s onetime ...

CHICAGO – Testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his advisor Michael McClain is now in its second week and on Tuesday, Madigan’s lawyers worked to ...

Former ComEd lawyer Tom O’Neill continues testimony in the trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. The day’s questioning highlighted ComEd’s efforts to pass the 2016 Future Energy ...

Madigan that the utility’s CEO was known to declare bluntly, “What’s important to the Speaker is important to ComEd.” That’s what a jury heard Monday as testimony in Madigan’s ...

For each vote on the various bills, prosecutors recorded the bill number, the date, and whether Madigan supported it. O’Neill said that in 2011, ComEd lobbyists worked to pass the Energy ...

In exchange for political favors, O'Neill says ComEd provided lobbying payments to Madigan associates. O'Neill's daylong testimony recounted how former Illinois legislator and Madigan-allied ...

In 2011, as Thomas O’Neill was in Springfield pushing for legislation on behalf of utility giant ComEd, he heard one question over and over: What did Michael Madigan think of the bill?