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 ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop talks with The Center Square ...

Decades ago in New York state, a judge handed down a long sentence to an older criminal. The defendant protested, telling the judge, "I won't live that long." "Do the best you can," the judge replied.

Crain’s reporter John Pletz joins host Amy Guth to discuss the former Illinois House speaker's seven and a half-year sentence ...

The conviction and sentencing of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should give pause to those in positions of ...

Although former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was expected to pay a $2. 5 million fine quickly, his time in prison ...

JACKSONVILLE Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison and a $2 ...

The sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s ...

Michael Madigan, 83, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for bribery, conspiracy and racketeering ...