Corruption in Illinois is on a weekly basis. The state averaged more than one corruption conviction per week from 1983-2023, ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

Speaker Mike Madigan guilty on 10 counts, including of bribery.

Madigan, 82, and McClain, faced a 23-count indictment in federal court in Chicago on charges of racketeering conspiracy, ...

Michael J. Madigan, a formidable force in the state’s politics for decades, faced federal charges of racketeering, bribery ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption charges. The conviction has prompted discussions on ...

Fortunately, the work of the 2009 Illinois Reform Commission, established in the wake of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s ...

Convicting Michael Madigan is a victory for federal prosecutors that few would have predicted when the former Illinois House ...

In a statement, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the verdict an “important message to anyone in government” that “if you choose ...

Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, ...

Mike Madigan, a former state Democratic Party chair, had been the longest-serving chamber leader in U.S. history. A jury has ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual called it a “historic” conviction, ranking high among top public corruption cases tried in Chicago’s federal courthouse. He said that Illinois residents ...