In February, a jury convicted Madigan, 83, of bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes. He was sentenced Friday to 7.5 ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan arrived Friday at the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago for his historic sentencing in a long-running corruption case that shook the state's ...

U.S. District Judge John Blakey handed down the sentence Friday, four months after the former Illinois House speaker was ...

Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was convicted of trading legislation for the ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal ...

I am truly sorry for putting the people of the state of Illinois through this. I tried to do my best to serve the people of the state,” Madigan told the judge. “I am not perfect.” ...

The former Illinois House speaker was found guilty on 10 corruption charges in February. Madigan is the longest-serving ...

With Madigan required to serve at least 85% of his sentence, he will be around 90 years old before he's eligible for release.

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful politician in Illinois, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison and ...