Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

The lead federal prosecutor in the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is stepping down.

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

A federal judge on Monday granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and ...

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah left intact the conspiracy conviction and other counts against the four defendants, convicted ...

It’s unclear what prompted the departure of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu. The news comes in the early days of ...

CHICAGO — Shortly after former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction ... of the federal charges against Madigan were predicated on violations of Illinois statutes.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted on 10 counts of corruption last month, including four counts related to ComEd. Five convictions against the ComEd Four defendants, who were ...

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor for public corruption has submitted his resignation effective March 14, a spokesman for the ...

Crain’s political columnist Greg Hinz and host Amy Guth unpack the saga of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s career, trial and verdict. Plus: Mayor Johnson begins housecleaning ...