President Donald Trump said he's getting rid of all of his predecessor's top federal prosecutors, a standard change for an ...

Speaker Mike Madigan guilty on 10 counts, including of bribery.

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

Fortunately, the work of the 2009 Illinois Reform Commission, established in the wake of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption charges. The conviction has prompted discussions on ...

Convicting Michael Madigan is a victory for federal prosecutors that few would have predicted when the former Illinois House ...

Federal authorities and state lawmakers say they will keep fighting public corruption in Illinois after the conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Morris Pasqual, acting U.S.

In a statement, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the verdict an “important message to anyone in government” that “if you choose ...

The prosecution is one of the highest-profile public corruption cases ever brought in Illinois, a state that has seen its share of such trials. Prosecutors accused the former speaker “of leading ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual called it a “historic” conviction, ranking high among top public corruption cases tried in Chicago’s federal courthouse. He said that Illinois residents ...

President Trump has pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption-related crimes, including trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat vacated by former President Barack Obama.