Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and racketeering trial of ...

popping into a quiet corner to make a phone call or ducking into an empty committee room to send emails. Some veteran lobbyists have longstanding arrangements with lawmakers who allow them to hang ...

Karen Conti, Partner at Conti & Dolan LLC, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the Madigan corruption trial, and highlight the fact that there is a difference between what is “immoral” and what is actually ...

CHICAGO – Testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his advisor Michael McClain is now in its second week and on Tuesday, Madigan’s lawyers worked to ...

He also testified in two other trials in 2023. But this is the first time he’s taken the witness stand with Madigan in the room. He told jurors Madigan was the “ultimate decision maker” in ...

(CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS) - On a late October day in Springfield nearly five years ago, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share The federal judge presiding over the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan agreed to toss a small — but potentially key — piece of ...

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 ...

The kitchen and dining room both overlook the back courtyard which features a deck, hedges and privacy screen. The main bedroom is large and both bedrooms, which are separated from each ...

After a long week of intensive questioning, a panel of 12 people who will decide the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was finalized Thursday, although attorneys for both sides ...

Madigan's former chief of staff. But, the most critical part of Wednesday's court proceedings may have taken place without either Cousineau or the jury in the room, following a line of questioning ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun ... ex-aide Will Cousineau or the jury in the room, following a line of questioning that related ...