The number of years former House Speaker Michael Madigan spent in Springfield has often been used as shorthand to explain his ...

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Attorney General Matthew Platkin joins lawsuit seeking to block return of forced reset triggers that enable firearms to shoot ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cities large and small were preparing for major demonstrations Saturday across the U.S. against President ...

The 1830s and 1840s were transformative decades in Illinois. On the edge of the frontier, Illinois was experiencing a series ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction underscores the systemic problems in ...

Chicago, be sentenced to 12.5 years in prison and pay a maximum fine of $2.5 million. Defense attorneys said Madigan should ...

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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $2.5 million for trading ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been sentenced to 90 months in prison, along with a $2.5 million fine.

"I am truly sorry for putting the people of the state of Illinois through this. I tried to do my best to serve the people of ...