Barbara Flynn Currie, a 40-year veteran of the Illinois House and the first woman to serve as the second-in-command majority ...

After a pair of Supreme Court rulings on central issues like bribery and false statements, followed by a lightning-quick ...

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its own previous ruling and granted Pramaggiore and McClain bail pending a new ...

In Illinois, the line between legal politics and bribery has always seemed a blurry one. Through the years, it’s been debated ...

The decision comes nearly three years after their convictions on charges that involved what prosecutors called a bribery ...

Just hours after hearing oral arguments, a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals directed the government ...

Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan​ were set to return to court Thursday, in hopes of ...

The 40-minute argument on the 27th floor of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse drew members of Madigan’s family, including former ...

Two members of the so-called "ComEd Four" have been released from federal custody and granted a new trial.

As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan approaches six months in a West Virginia federal prison, the high-profile ...