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Illinois has a well-documented history of corruption, extending beyond elected politicians to include appointed and career ...
Michael Madigan will follow Ed Burke to federal prison, arguably ending Irish political leadership stretching back 150 years ...
If you had any interaction with a state legislator since the shootings, you know this horrific crime has struck many of them ...
Auggie Wilk (in white), who was voted pope by his classmates in a mock conclave, sits with his classmates dressed as ...
While Madigan had numerous accomplishments, he will also be remembered for his corruption conviction. He was sentenced June ...
Fred Brophy remembers a time when Queensland working class men were so proud they would refuse to drink with “dole bludgers”.
A federal judge in Chicago on Friday sentenced former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael J. Madigan to seven and a half years in federal prison for using his official position to ...
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s crimes against the people of warranted a sentence of 105 years – just for his role in ...
The requested favor was so indefensibly large — and public — that legislators didn’t want to get near it. Democratic Senate President Don Harmon asked members of the House and Senate to bail him out ...
Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer is an assistant minority leader and represents the 100th District, which includes all or parts of ...
Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, joins John Williams to talk about the sentencing of former Illinois Speaker of ...