Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Michael J. Madigan’s longtime friend wrote a seemingly thoughtful email to ComEd executive Fidel Marquez in 2014, sharing details of a dinner conversation where ...

Seizing on a tactic strengthened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying ...

Madigan opened the door to testimony Thursday about criminal charges that were leveled against ComEd and three people with close ties to the utility. Jurors now know that former ComEd CEO Anne ...

State Rep. Jaime Andrade said earlier this year in a Tribune interview he didn’t know whether former House Speaker Michael Madigan had helped get his wife a job with the secretary of state in 2018.

CHICAGO (CBS) – For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has been on the stand testifying about his relationship to ...

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 ...

Garcia was elected and has served as a U.S. representative since January 2019. “You know, Madigan decides to go with Chuy’s candidate, Anaya?” McClain asked Hooker during the call.

Both Madigan and McClain, 77, a former ComEd contract lobbyist from downstate Quincy, have pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. Marquez pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiracy to commit bribery.

In a recording, Madigan explained to McClain that then-Congressman Rush’s son, Jeffrey Rush, had sexual relations with an inmate while he was working for the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual harassment from a co-worker that became a turning point in Madigan’s ...