Voters could see some future relief in the unlikely event the General Assembly amends state law to clarify donation and disclosure timetables, but at worst Harmon has only reputational damage via a ...

Businessman Stan Leavell is one of the few non-Chicago candidates running in the Democratic primary as he seeks the ...

CHICAGO — Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza, who had been accused of bribing then-Illinois House Speaker ...

In the time since Michael Madigan was indicted, no substantive ethics bills have been debated in either chamber of the state legislature.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan must report to federal prison by 2 p.m., Oct. 13, to begin his 7.5-year ...

The deferred-prosecution deal scuttles a retrial that had been set for January. It also comes on Madigan’s first full day in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is expected to report to federal prison Monday. Madigan was ...

1. Lawmakers in Springfield mull transit reform and responding to ICE, among other issues ...

Under the terms of a so-called deferred prosecution agreement, prosecutors are expected to eventually seek dismissal of the ...

Michael Madigan — long the most powerful politician in Illinois during his decades as the state’s House speaker — has ...

A former AT&T executive accused of bribing then-House Speaker Michael Madigan entered into a deferred prosecution agreement ...