CHICAGO — On a late October day in Springfield nearly five years ago, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exited a private caucus meeting and strode up to a group of waiting reporters in ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Michael J. Madigan’s attorneys tried again Tuesday to distance the former Illinois House speaker from a longtime friend and confidant, pressing ComEd’s onetime ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Michael Madigan’s legendary control of the Illinois House was a significant topic of discussion Wednesday in his ongoing corruption trial. The now former Illinois House Speaker ...

Read more: 4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, former Speaker Madigan goes to trial O’Neill, who spent nearly two decades at ComEd and its parent company Exelon ...

But Ochoa had something far more important in his back pocket: the recommendation of House Speaker Michael Madigan. In one of the central allegations in Madigan’s corruption case, Tom O’Neill ...

But Ochoa had something far more important in his back pocket: the recommendation of House Speaker Michael Madigan. In one of the central allegations in Madigan’s corruption case, Tom O’Neill ...

CHICAGO - Lengthy testimony from former ComEd General Counsel Tom O’Neill continued Tuesday in the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and co-defendant, Michael McClain.

For each vote on the various bills, prosecutors recorded the bill number, the date, and whether Madigan supported it. O’Neill said that in 2011, ComEd lobbyists worked to pass the Energy ...

In exchange for political favors, O'Neill says ComEd provided lobbying payments to Madigan associates. O'Neill's daylong testimony recounted how former Illinois legislator and Madigan-allied ...

But Ochoa had something far more important in his back pocket: the recommendation of House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Damon Cheronis, Managing Partner at Cheronis & Parente LLC, joins Lisa Dent to talk about former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan’s corruption trial. As the trial continues, ‘politics as ...