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 ...

A Republican representative from Murrayville wants 57 Democratic lawmakers to donate campaign funding to charity if it was given to them by groups previously led by former House Speaker Mike Madigan.

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 number of years former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan spent in Springfield has often been used as shorthand to ...

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

On June 17, 2025, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey sentenced Madigan to 90 months in prison (7.5 years) and ordered him ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

But corruption ... appeals cases. Pritzker should follow the lead of his fellow freshman executive, but both he and Lightfoot must do more to reduce the harmful effects of Illinois’ political ...

The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was sentenced Friday to 7½ years in prison and fined $2.5 million ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

The judge who sentenced Michael Madigan to 7 1/2 years in prison said the former Illinois House speaker's testimony was “a nauseating display of perjury and evasion” that was “hard to watch.” “You ...