Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction underscores the systemic problems in ...

Michael Madigan’s sentencing hearing will cap the most aggressive, expansive corruption investigation in Chicago since the ...

The state needs to think big and pursue a path other than taxing its way out of this ever-more-threatening disaster. Governor ...

Madigan’s sentencing by U.S. District Judge John Blakey will cap the most aggressive, expansive corruption investigation in ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

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

Months before a federal judge sentenced former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to prison on Friday, the once-mighty state Democratic Party chairman took the witness stand in his corruption ...

He knew better.” Prosecutors argued for a longer sentence because Madigan lied on the stand and because he’s a public ...

The judge who sentenced Michael Madigan to 7 1/2 years in prison said the former Illinois House speaker's testimony was “a nauseating display of perjury and evasion” that was “hard to watch.” “You ...

A federal judge sentenced Michael Madigan Friday to seven-and-a-half years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $2.5 ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday was sentenced to 90 months in prison and a $2.5 million fine on ...