Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan testified in his corruption trial Wednesday that he was taken aback when ...

Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was charged with bribery, racketeering, wire fraud, and ...

Madigan is accused of using his power and influence to arrange for no-show jobs for his allies, and business for his own law ...

House Speaker Michael Madigan is planning to take the stand in his own public corruption trial, his lawyers said in court ...

Tuesday, jurors in the former Illinois House speaker’s federal bribery trial heard intensely personal revelations from a ...

Michael Madigan got a preview of what’s to come when Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu asked Judge John Blakey how ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has completed his first day of testimony at the longtime Chicago Democrat’s ...

The rules for the 104th Illinois General Assembly are now in place despite House Republicans urging for changes to make ...

The former speaker’s decision to testify will lengthen the already long trial, which was originally predicted to wrap before ...

Madigan's surprise decision to testify could push back the start of jury deliberations until the last week of January.

Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...

Mike Madigan and Mike McClain have known each other since they both were state representatives in the 1970s, but their ...