After a pair of Supreme Court rulings on central issues like bribery and false statements, followed by a lightning-quick ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

The 40-minute argument on the 27th floor of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse drew members of Madigan’s family, including former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. It's unclear when the court will ...

What constitutes felonious political corruption? We need to find out after the successful “ComEd Four” appeals.

The new team includes former solicitors general for the U.S. and the state of Illinois, and another attorney who has represented Hillary Clinton and former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Arguments are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan took his fight for freedom to the U.S. Court of Appeals Thursday. And he's ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 14-and-a-half weeks after the jury was first seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial, his fate, and that of his co-defendant ...

As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan approaches six months in a West Virginia federal prison, the high-profile ...

Just hours after hearing oral arguments, a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals directed the government ...