John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...

After former House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to prison, The Chicago Tribune issued a plaintive cry for a new day ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Madigan's lawyers will likely point to his wife's health troubles as they argue for a lower sentence for the former Illinois ...

Madigan, 83, was back in the federal courtroom for the first time since a jury convicted him nearly four months ago. But unlike his marathon trial, Monday’s hearing was brief.

Michael Madigan, a former Illinois House speaker and the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and fined $2.5 million on June 13, ...

He was sentenced to more than seven years in prison and a $2.5 million fine. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits after the jury delivered a partial verdict in his and former lobbyist ...

A federal jury convicted Michael Madigan on Feb. 12, 2025, of multiple federal charges including bribery conspiracy — but jurors deadlocked on other charges in the wide-ranging indictment ...

Former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years and fined $2.5 million for corruption in a landmark ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery conspiracy and other corruption charges.

CHICAGO — Michael J. Madigan stepped onto Illinois’ public stage as a young man in the late 1960s, when he was elected as one ...