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

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

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The conviction and sentencing of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should give pause to those in positions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois members of congress are reacting after former Illinois speaker of the house, Michael Madigan, was sentenced to 7.5 ...