Michael McClain leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago at the end of the day on Jan. 29, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) During his testimony Jan. 7, Madigan explained to the jury that ...

Both current and former Illinois legislators are applauding last week’s guilty verdict in the corruption case against Michael ...

Citing ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction, former Gov. Pat Quinn called on Gov. JB Pritzker to toughen Illinois ethics ...

Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s “mouthpiece.” Jurors deadlocked on all of the counts McClain faced. McClain, a onetime state ...

Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual ... A sentencing date for the 82-year-old Madigan, of Chicago’s Southwest Side, has yet to be set. Madigan lost the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four ...

Illinois’ former House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Wednesday. While Madigan’s conviction may represent the peak of the feds’ years-long push into Chicago ...

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 ...

Jurors delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ... Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. -Madigan was convicted of three counts accusing ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as part of a partial verdict. The jury reached a partial ...

Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his ...