‘No cell phone, no email’: Ex-FBI agent testifies Madigan relied on ‘tight inner circle’ ‘No cell phone, no email’: Ex-FBI agent testifies Madigan relied on ‘tight inner circle’ Friday, August 11, 2023 Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was elevated to that powerful position in 1983 – the same year Motorola launched the first-ever commercially available mobile phone and CompuServe applied to trademark the word “email.”
37 workers at state-run developmental center targeted in PPP fraud probe 37 workers at state-run developmental center targeted in PPP fraud probe Thursday, August 10, 2023 At Ludeman Developmental Center in Park Forest, 37 employees have been fired, resigned or face pending disciplinary action after a state watchdog found that they defrauded a federal pandemic-era small business loan program.
‘Protect the boss’ or faulty memory: ex-Madigan aide’s grand jury testimony scrutinized ‘Protect the boss’ or faulty memory: ex-Madigan aide’s grand jury testimony scrutinized Thursday, August 10, 2023 Taking occasional notes – a habit hard-wired after more than 25 years as Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s chief of staff – Tim Mapes sat and listened to opening... Read more
Officials unveil 2023 State Fair butter cow Officials unveil 2023 State Fair butter cow Wednesday, August 9, 2023 With the 2023 Illinois State Fair about to get underway, Gov. JB Pritzker and Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II officially unveiled this year’s butter cow. Read more
160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of psychiatrist she exposed 160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of psychiatrist she exposed Wednesday, August 9, 2023 In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, in part, publicly... Read more
Pritzker signs bills expanding protections for Native Americans Pritzker signs bills expanding protections for Native Americans Monday, August 7, 2023 Gov. JB Pritzker signed a package of bills Friday extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the teaching of Native American history in public schools. Read more
Watchdog overseeing abuse, neglect cases at state-run facilities resigns for Chicago post Watchdog overseeing abuse, neglect cases at state-run facilities resigns for Chicago post Monday, August 7, 2023 After serving nearly four years as the watchdog for the Illinois Department of Human Services, Peter Neumer will step down from his role overseeing investigations into the abuse and neglect of... Read more
In perjury trial, Madigan’s ex-chief of staff will test limits of loyalty In perjury trial, Madigan’s ex-chief of staff will test limits of loyalty Monday, August 7, 2023 In the summer of 2018, Tim Mapes’ name had only recently faded from unflattering headlines after he was forced to resign from three top jobs he held under powerful Illinois House Speaker... Read more