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 ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop talks with The Center Square ...

Decades ago in New York state, a judge handed down a long sentence to an older criminal. The defendant protested, telling the judge, "I won't live that long." "Do the best you can," the judge replied.

Crain’s reporter John Pletz joins host Amy Guth to discuss the former Illinois House speaker's seven and a half-year sentence ...

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 sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s ...

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

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, 83, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for bribery, conspiracy and racketeeting involving his actions to benefit electric ...

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