The other shoe is about to drop on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as his sentencing date looms.

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Former governor Rod Blagojevich today fired back, via his PR firm, at Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who said Monday that Blagojevich was "lying" about planning to appoint Madigan to President ...

Madigan wielded the speaker’s gavel in Springfield for 36 years. Now he’s bracing to learn his fate June 13, when he’s due to ...

Dec. 12, 2008— -- Disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has no plans to resign, "at least today," his spokesman told ABC News, despite Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's ...

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.

After 30 years of Republican control of the governorship, Illinois voters bucked tradition Tuesday and elected Democrat Rod Blagojevich. Democrat Lisa Madigan became the first woman ever elected ...

Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday tried to explain ... a legitimate political deal to appoint Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to the Senate seat in exchange for her father, Illinois House ...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has finally done what she has been hinting at: She's filed a motion with the state Supreme Court declaring that Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Democrat ...

Rod Blagojevich, joined by his wife ... House Speaker Michael Madigan. Whatever Blagojevich has in mind, there are still restrictions on his newfound freedom. Trump did not eliminate the two ...

Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and ... of the governor’s attention in late 2008 was a deal with Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the Illinois House, who was blocking ...

Rod Blagojevich weighs his legal options ... announcement where he will step aside,” Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told NBC’s David Gregory. "I don't know if that means he will ...