A gentleman.” “A rule follower.” “Mr. Integrity.” As the feds seek a prison sentence for the former house speaker, supporters ...

Federal prosecutors argued that, not only was Madigan's decades-long reign as speaker "steeped in corruption," but that he ...

Court documents Friday showed the government has recommended former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan be sentenced to 12.5 ...

The government on Friday filed its sentencing memorandum, arguing that it is “just and warranted” to sentence Madigan to 12.5 ...

Ahead of his scheduled sentencing in two weeks, attorneys for Michael Madigan on Friday submitted more than 200 letters of ...

Madigan wielded the speaker’s gavel in Springfield for 36 years. Now he’s bracing to learn his fate June 13, when he’s due to ...

Federal prosecutors are asking for a lengthy prison sentence for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, calling him ...

The 83-year-old longtime politician was convicted in February of conspiring to accept bribes from ComEd over the course of a ...

Federal prosecutors say former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should be sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison ...

Madigan also is accused of pressuring real estate developers to hire his law firm, which specializes in property tax appeals, in exchange for his help. Jurors in the months-long trial heard ...

The recording cuts to the heart of one of the key issues in Madigan’s highly anticipated racketeering trial, which gets underway this week at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse: Did Madigan know ahead ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...