A federal judge on Friday denied bond for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan pending his appeal on corruption charges, a ...

Illinois' former House speaker is due in prison in about two months. He asked a judge to let him remain free while he ...

U.S. District Court Judge John Robert Blakey has denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s request to stay out ...

A request for former Illinois speaker Michael Madigan to remain out of prison while his appeal of his 7 1/2-year sentence is ...

Michael Madigan (D), whose formidable tenure as Speaker of the Illinois House ended amid a federal corruption investigation, ...

In February, a jury delivered a split verdict for Madigan, convicting him on 10 of 23 corruption-related charges, including bribery and wire fraud.

Legal experts had predicted the judge would deny Madigan's request. However, the former Illinois House Speaker can make the ...

Federal prosecutors have moved to throw out the remaining charges against Michael McClain, a former lobbyist whose close ...

More than 150 tapes, wiretaps and transcripts have been entered into evidence during the trial, with prosecutors aiming to lay out their case that Madigan allegedly traded jobs and favors in ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a fixture in Illinois politics for more than 50 years, left the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday a convicted felon and now ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the highly unusual step of testifying in his own defense at his federal corruption trial. The beginning of Madigan's ...

A federal judge on Friday denied former Speaker Michael Madigan's legal arguments that he should remain out of prison while ...