Jurors are scheduled to return from an 18-day holiday break on Monday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...

The U.S. Supreme Court zeroed in on that very question when it heard oral arguments last April in the corruption case against ...

Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan want the jury in his corruption trial to see evidence that then-Alderman ...

After an extended holiday break, jurors are expected to return Monday to hear from more witnesses in Madigan’s defense.

The nation’s longest-serving legislative speaker, a woman who called herself “super mayor” and a collection of other ...

Judge John Robert Blakey has reviewed jury instructions with federal prosecutors and defense attorneys at the corruption ...

From the shocking testimony of an alderman-turned-mole to a “magic list,” we dig into what we’ve learned so far from the ...

Then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, looks out over the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield in 2017. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File) ...

Then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, looks out over the House floor at the State Capitol in Springfield in 2017. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File) ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday. Ashlee Rezin | Sun-Times Share Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday against former ...

Attorneys are expected to discuss jury instructions Thursday at the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker ...

CHICAGO — The government formally rested its case Wednesday in the federal corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker ...