CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury resumed deliberations on Friday in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial. The jury started deliberating 14-and-a-half ...

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Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share When Michael J. Madigan’s longtime friend penned a retirement letter in 2016, he compared the record-breaking Illinois House speaker to Chicago’s famous ...

It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing checkers ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continues. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.

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The epic federal racketeering conspiracy trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain is finally before the jury. To get to this stage, prosecutors ...

Madigan is charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct in connection with a scheme prosecutors called “The Madigan Enterprise.” Codefendant Michael McClain is ...

CHICAGO — It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing ...