The feds’ bid to put the former head of the state’s largest utility behind bars comes a week after they asked for a sentence ...

Though Burke is out of prison, he’s still within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons. When that ends, he’s expected to ...

Due to severe health issues, former Chicago council member Carrie Austin is deemed unfit for her corruption trial.

John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...

Two major Chicago Democrats have both shown interest in running for president, stirring questions about whether both should ...

On cross-examination, Marquez, who pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing, acknowledged that there ...

Prosecutors this week asked a federal judge to hand Anne Pramaggiore a 70-month prison sentence along with a fine of $1.75 ...

After former House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to prison, The Chicago Tribune issued a plaintive cry for a new day ...

The feds asked a judge to give John Hooker, a former ComEd exec, a prison sentence of 56 months following his conviction on ...

Federal prosecutors are seeking nearly five years in prison for John Hooker, a ComEd lobbyist convicted in the Madigan-linked bribery case.

Gov. JB Pritzker has picked former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell as his running mate. Why it matters: If Pritzker is ...