Flanked by his two daughters, former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S.

Former Illinois Democratic lawmaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following a federal ...

Melissa Hortman was the Minnesota House's top Democrat and as House speaker helped shepherd a package of liberal initiatives ...

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York testified Thursday before the House Oversight Committee, which has been ...

Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, and her husband were fatally shot on Saturday morning. John A. Hoffman, a ...

Democrats and Republicans alike said they are horrified by the shootings early Saturday of two Minnesota lawmakers and their ...

A manhunt is underway for the gunman who was impersonating a police officer and had a list of possible targets, officials ...

President Trump's approach to deportations is giving Democrats a unifying message in opposition to him. But the Democratic ...

A former Minnesota House speaker and her husband were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted ...

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

A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.

The judge who sentenced Michael Madigan to 7 1/2 years in prison said the former Illinois House speaker's testimony was “a nauseating display of perjury and evasion” that was “hard to watch.” “You ...