Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday. Whitetail deer feed in an alfalfa field in the evening light. Conroy Conroy Opinions Editor ...

Michael Madigan’s record-breaking stretch at the ... where he regularly tried to win the game before his team took the field. It shows Madigan’s penchant for leaving nothing to chance and ...

Prosecutors played a recording of Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain talking about ... to "make as many people happy as ...

(Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune) Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about ... walks off the field after the loss to the ...

Opening statements in the racketeering conspiracy trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan finally got ... inspired in part by a visit to the Field Museum’s African collections ...

In fact, aside from the FBI agent monitoring the call from its Chicago field office ... and politically connected lobbyist Michael Alvarez. After those conversations, McClain had a call with Madigan.