We discuss the federal trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wrapping up and President Trump's decision to ...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan minced no words on the day Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his longtime political ...

Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold.

The Madigan jury deserves thanks. At a time when the pirates are in charge, virtually running up the skull and crossbones, it ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unfairly prosecuted for attempting to make a political deal, otherwise known as ...

A jury is still working toward a decision at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

Jurors in the marathon trial of ex-speaker Michael Madigan were to return Wednesday to “start fresh,” in their words, after ending deliberations early on Tuesday afternoon.

Michael Madigan is the latest Illinois politician convicted for abusing the power of their office, and he's now part of the culture of corruption that has been swirling since the 1980s.

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for ...

I support President Trump in many ways,” state Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said, “but I don’t think he understands that this just signals that the corruption in Illinois is just accepted, rather than it ...

The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...