Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison but his allies now run the Illinois House ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

Republican lawmakers in Illinois filed a lawsuit, arguing that the Democratic Majority passed a special interest proposal unconstitutionally.

Republicans continue to challenge what they say is an abusive process employed by Illinois Democrats to pass controversial ...

Although former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was expected to pay a $2. 5 million fine quickly, his time in prison ...

Former Illinois Democratic lawmaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to more than seven years in prison following a federal corruption trial in Chicago.  Madigan, the longest serving legislative ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal ...

CHICAGO — Michael J. Madigan stepped onto Illinois’ public stage as a young man in the late 1960s, when he was elected as one ...