I recently mentioned some film legends to my mass media class at the University of St. Thomas. Just a handful of the 16 students were familiar with Katharine Hepburn, but none could name any of her ...

U.S. District Court records Share Federal jurors Wednesday heard Michael J. Madigan’s allies talking on secret FBI recordings about an “old-fashioned patronage system,” the need to keep ...

Then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, speaks with Illinois Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet, right, while on the House floor after adjoining veto session, Thursday, Nov. 7 ...

CHICAGO — Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan saw a series of undercover videos on ...

Karen Conti, Partner at Conti & Dolan LLC, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the Madigan corruption trial, and highlight the fact ...

(The Center Square) – The bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker and Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Michael Madigan is set to resume Tuesday after a four-day weekend.

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

In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan ...

Instead, defense attorneys painted a picture of Madigan, who resigned in 2021, as devoted to his working-class legislative district on the city’s Southwest Side near Midway International Airport.

(The Center Square) – The first witnesses have taken the stand in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. U.S. government prosecutors called two former state ...

Opening statements in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan began Monday afternoon, ...

McClain’s attorney, John Mitchell, argued that the bribery case brought against his client and Madigan were an overreach, wrongly criminalizing legal political lobbying. Prosecutors allege that ...