Tag: Michael Madigan

Don Tracy admits that he’s “the underdog in the race” to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin. But the Republican nominee ...

Rep. Harry Benton resigned from the Illinois House on Friday in the wake of a legislative inspector general investigation that ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch on Wednesday called for embattled Rep. Harry Benton to resign and promised to initiate ...

Whether U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros will call a retrial is yet to be seen.

Fallout continues in the “Broadview Six” case with an accusation that U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros had personal contact with members ...

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on bribery and other corruption counts.

For the first time, House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, on Wednesday hesitantly addressed his exiling of Rep. Harry Benton, ...

Facing no opposition, state Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, was reelected by the 36-member Illinois Democratic State Central Committee to another ...

Former Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, who served 40 years in the General Assembly, died Thursday at 85.

A federal appeals court has ordered the release from prison of two “ComEd Four” defendants convicted of bribing ex-Illinois House ...