Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

Legislation in the Illinois House would empower inspectors general, restrict lobbying by elected leaders, add protections ...

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

A prosecutor with a 20-year record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the U.S. attorney in Chicago, NBC ...

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah left intact the conspiracy conviction and other counts against the four defendants, convicted ...

A federal judge on Monday granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and ...

A federal judge Monday granted a new trial on some counts in the “ComEd Four” case involving former House Speaker Michael ...

Republicans in Illinois have criticized the Democratic-led General Assembly for focusing on what they consider "bad bills" ...

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor for public corruption has submitted his resignation effective March 14, a spokesman for the ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted on 10 counts of corruption last month, including four counts ...

The judge's decision leaves intact a handful of other counts against former Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and three ...