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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In March 2022, Madigan and McClain were charged with 22 counts of racketeering and bribery for alleged improper dealings with the state’s largest utility, ComEd.

Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime confidant told him about a plan to kick payments to a loyal ward aide ...

So when a cryptic email was forwarded to him in 2013 from Michael McClain, a longtime associate of House Speaker Michael Madigan, asking that ComEd shift a contract for one of Madigan’s top 13th ...

Michael McClain (left), co-defendant of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan (right), leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse following a day of jury selection in their trial. Anthony ...

After prosecutors and Madigan defense attorneys said they had nothing further, the judge told O’Neill he could step down. O’Neill left the box at about 4:05 p.m. Tuesday.

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 ...

Twisters tells the story of Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who has experienced tornados and wants to find a way to derail them before they cause more devastation. Discover what’s new this week on ...

Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual harassment from a co-worker that became a turning point in Madigan’s ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Michael Madigan’s legendary control of the Illinois House was a significant topic of discussion Wednesday in his ongoing corruption trial. The now former Illinois House Speaker ...