With Madigan required to serve at least 85% of his sentence, he will be around 90 years old before he's eligible for release.

Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was convicted of trading legislation for the enrichment of his friends and allies.

John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...

C HICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a fixture in Illinois politics for more than 50 years, left the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday a convicted felon and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four ...

In August 2018, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked then-Ald. Daniel Solis to help steer insurance business to Madigan’s own son during a meeting about the alderman’s potential ...

Michael Madigan, the Chicago Democrat who helped to craft the 1970 Illinois Constitution, spent 50 years in the Illinois House and was the chamber's speaker for 36 of the past 38 years, said ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan talks during a meeting where his replacement, Angie Guerrero-Cuellar, was chosen Feb. 25, 2021, at the Balzekas Museum in West Lawn.

Michael J. Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on 22 federal charges related to racketeering, bribery and attempted ...

Once lauded as thelongest-serving legislative leader in American history, Michael Madigan will enter a federal courtroom this week on charges he used his vast influence to run a "criminal enterpr.