Speaker Mike Madigan guilty on 10 counts, including of bribery.

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

Michael J. Madigan, a formidable force in the state’s politics for decades, faced federal charges of racketeering, bribery ...

Fortunately, the work of the 2009 Illinois Reform Commission, established in the wake of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s ...

Corruption in Illinois is on a weekly basis. The state averaged more than one corruption conviction per week from 1983-2023, ...

Michael Madigan is the latest Illinois politician convicted for abusing the power of their office, and he's now part of the ...

Illinois lawmakers voiced a wide range of reactions Wednesday following former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on ...

In a statement, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the verdict an “important message to anyone in government” that “if you choose ...

It addressed the state's well-documented culture of political corruption and asked: "What will Illinois' response to this current crisis of integrity be? Our nation is watching." Sixteen years ...