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Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way, he developed a ...
With Madigan required to serve at least 85% of his sentence, he will be around 90 years old before he's eligible for release.
John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...
Former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years and fined $2.5 million for corruption in a landmark ...
The feds asked a judge to give John Hooker, a former ComEd exec, a prison sentence of 56 months following his conviction on ...
Michael Madigan will follow Ed Burke to federal prison, arguably ending Irish political leadership stretching back 150 years ...
The women, from Tacoma, allege they were retaliated against for reporting a supervisor’s inappropriate behavior.
After former House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to prison, The Chicago Tribune issued a plaintive cry for a new day ...
Pritzker's pick for lt. gov., Christian Mitchell, oversaw clean energy and infrastructure projects for 4 years under Pritzker ...
Federal prosecutors are seeking nearly five years in prison for John Hooker, a ComEd lobbyist convicted in the Madigan-linked bribery case.
On cross-examination, Marquez, who pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing, acknowledged that there ...
If he wins a third term, Gov. JB Pritzker will become only the second Illinois governor to serve more than two terms.