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The jury has completed its first full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Jurors started deliberating at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury shortly after 3 p.m.

Imprisoned former Ald. Edward Burke has become the latest Chicago Democrat to seek clemency from someone who, at first blush, ...

As ComEd’s lead external lobbyist for years, McClain took Madigan’s job recommendations and referred them to leaders at the ...

The jury began their first full day of deliberations on Thursday - 14-and-a-half weeks after being seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial.

Burke, who was convicted of wide-ranging corruption charges in December 2023 and sentenced last year to two years in federal ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 14-and-a-half weeks after the jury was first seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial, his fate, and that of his co-defendant ...

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Federal agents, with top Trump administration officials in tow, arrived Sunday in Chicago for a series of targeted ...

Jurors heard almost 150 secret recordings in Madigan’s trial, including phone calls with co-defendant Michael McClain and ...

The jury now has the case in the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge ...