He faces 22 counts — including racketeering and bribery. In Illinois, another political corruption case is making its way to federal court. It revolves around a long-time kingmaker in the State ...

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

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

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

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

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was the state’s most powerful politician in 2018 when he allegedly met at his downtown Chicago law office with then-Ald. Danny Solis to discuss Solis ...

Commonwealth Edison, the largest electric utility in Illinois ... time as the Ohio corruption scandal where the Speaker of the House Larry Householder was charged. That case was broken with ...

His case has raised questions about the effectiveness of corruption prosecutions in deterring political misconduct. Former FBI Agent Ross Rice, who worked on many of Illinois’ high-profile ...

The history of Illinois’ money-minded politics also features many governors ... George Ryan, who went to federal prison for corruption. In that case, underlings from Ryan’s tenure as secretary ...

When looking specifically at public-corruption cases, the 32 convictions ... law firm and alleged strong-arming of AT&T Illinois in exchange for political favoritism. Combined, it’s a dizzying ...

As corruption cases keep mounting, things don’t appear to be getting any better in Illinois. Dave McKinney covers Illinois politics and government for WBEZ and previously was longtime ...

In Illinois, another political corruption case is making its way to federal court. It revolves around a long-time kingmaker in the State House. From member station WBEZ in Chicago, here's Dan ...