The nation’s longest-serving legislative speaker, a woman who called herself “super mayor” and a collection of other ...

Bruce Rauner, called a longtime confidant of Democratic House Speaker Michael Michael Madigan to talk it through. Kimme told Michael McClain that Sandoval was putting the brick on the plan to ...

CHICAGO — Former Illinois state Rep. Edward Acevedo must testify in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, despite strenuous arguments from ...

From the shocking testimony of an alderman-turned-mole to a “magic list,” we dig into what we’ve learned so far from the ...

Before jurors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial departed the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for a two-week break on Thursday, they heard glowing testimony from the ex-speaker’s ...

It’s time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people,places and events that were being talked about ...

To hear David Ellis tell it, when ComEd came to Springfield in 2011 hoping to get some utility-friendly legislation passed, ...

Illinois’ culture of corruption may leave many feeling hopeless. But elected officials, from Gov. JB Pritzker to township ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense attorneys began presenting their case Thursday at the Dirksen Federal ...

Jurors are off until next year at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...