Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four-month trial accusing ...

The high-profile racketeering bribery trial of former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, has been the most highly-anticipated trial in years.

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah left intact the conspiracy conviction and other counts against the four defendants, convicted ...

Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his high-profile corruption conviction. Timothy Blair, executive secretary ...

“But I also know that good people sometimes break the law.” Timothy Nessner said he didn’t personally know Michael Madigan, but he sure heard about him growing up. Nessner was born and ...

A Florida lawmaker can serve up to eight consecutive years in the state House or Senate, but there are loopholes.

Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption conviction drew plaudits from suburban lawmakers and prompted calls to strengthen weak state ethics laws that have ...

Michael Madigan, once the state of Illinois’ most powerful politician during his decades-long run as Illinois House speaker and chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has now joined the long ...

Jurors found Michael Madigan guilty of bribery conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud in a partial mixed verdict rendered this morning after two weeks of deliberations in the former Illinois House ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was found guilty on federal corruption charges in a split verdict.

Madigan faces 23 counts in the indictment, while his co-defendant Michael McClain faces 6. It was not clear from jurors’ note which counts the jurors have agreed upon.