Federal prosecutors are seeking a steep 12 ½-year prison term and $1.5 million fine for former Illinois House Speaker Michale ...

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 ...

The top federal prosecutor said his office had yet to decide whether to take Madigan to trial again on the Chinatown or AT&T Illinois schemes, for which jurors returned no verdict. U.S. District ...

LIVE UPDATES: Madigan trial live blog It is hard to overstate the significance of this verdict, even when it was a partial one. A jury of eight women and four men held truth to power, and found ...

Federal prosecutors are recommending a 12.5-year sentence and a $1.5 million fine for former House Speaker Michael Madigan, ...

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

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 ...

The other shoe is about to drop on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan as his sentencing date looms.

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 ...

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 ...

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

After nearly three months, more than 60 witnesses and a surprising turn on the stand from the defendant himself, the evidence phase of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has ...