Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s landmark racketeering ... impression from movies and television that “a guy gets arrested and the next scene is the trial.” ...

A federal jury on Tuesday began deliberating in the case of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, accused in a scheme to bribe ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan ...

Lawyers for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan are seeking to get some of ... Trial for ISU protestors delayed The trial for seven people who were arrested at Illinois State University in ...

This fall, former House Speaker Michael Madigan — long ... gave his view of Illinois after Blagojevich’s arrest: “If it isn’t the most corrupt state in the United States, it’s certainly ...

This fall, former House Speaker Michael Madigan — long ... gave his view of Illinois after Blagojevich’s arrest: “If it isn’t the most corrupt state in the United States, it’s certainly ...

Authorities on Tuesday arrested former New England Patriots ... I won’t let you down.” That same day, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch wrote that he was “deeply saddened” to ...

Rod Blagojevich saga timeline: From arrest to Donald Trump’s commutation ... (Frank Fusco/Chicago Tribune) A former speaker of the Illinois House, Paul Powell was Illinois secretary of state ...

Illinois gave the U.S. Lincoln, Reagan and Obama, but it's better known for a more notorious political legacy: constant and persistent corruption.