Defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to ...

Mike McClain, the former top contract lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse ...

A sexual harassment scandal had erupted in Springfield in the summer of 2018 and Kevin Quinn, a longtime aide to House ...

Juror 39, a middle-aged Aurora woman, said her best friend is a Trump supporter who dislikes Madigan – but she doesn’t share her friend’s views. She drew chuckles in the courtroom when she ...

He said Madigan was very experienced, and in favor of working men and women, unions and fair wages. Lullo said, "No one promised me a job." He said he was motivated to help the community.

Madigan took as long as some trials do from start to finish. After seven days and scores of interviews, eight women and four men have been chosen to decide if Madigan is guilty of a racketeering ...

On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime ...

In June 2018, the day House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff had quit amid a burgeoning sexual harassment ...

Madigan lifted his left hand in a subtle wave to McClain on Wednesday, hours into their first day in court. A few days later, when court adjourned on Friday, they shook hands. Eight women and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

About the case: Cavagnaro, 45, Kyle Thompson and Michael Madigan were taken into custody by sheriff's deputies and accused of ...

A few days later, Madigan updated McClain on the progress he’d made speaking to women on the Democratic State Central Committee, and told him that his new chief of staff, who was a woman ...