U.S. District Judge John Blakey issued former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's sentence Friday, of seven years and ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

Illinois members of congress are reacting after former Illinois speaker of the house, Michael Madigan, was sentenced to 7.5 ...

On June 17, 2025, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey sentenced Madigan to 90 months in prison (7.5 years) and ordered him to pay a $2.5 million fine. The judge didn’t hold back, calling Madigan’s ...

Thirteen years ago, I wrote the story of Aurora’s Warren Smith, who was a retired Catholic school principal and also the retired Aurora Area Superintendent of Catholic Schools. The editor ...