His local popularity and wealth have allowed him to fill the vacuum left in state politics after the departure of convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan from the Springfield stage.

The comments came during a press conference following the Illinois delegate breakfast as part ... an ally of powerful former House Speaker Michael Madigan a contract in exchange for getting ...

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan, long the state’s most powerful ... part of a select class of nine Illinois delegates and alternate delegates in 1996 who later wound up charged, implicated ...

Madigan’s co-defendant, Michael McClain, is a former lawmaker ... part of a select class of nine Illinois delegates and alternate delegates in 1996 who later wound up charged, implicated or ...

I hope the mayor enjoyed addressing delegates from several other states ... company gave an ally of powerful former House Speaker Michael Madigan a contract in exchange for getting legislation ...

Prosecutors at the trial of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza alleged the company gave an ally of powerful former House Speaker Michael Madigan a contract in exchange for getting ...

Prosecutors said former AT&T President Paul La Schiazza​ paid Madigan allies thousands of dollars in the form of do-nothing ...

The jury of eight women and four men began deliberating at about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday in the case of Paul La Schiazza, the ...

and things didn’t get any better Thursday when a jury failed to agree on whether a former AT&T Illinois executive bribed ...

A federal jury has resumed deliberations Wednesday in the bribery trial of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is ...