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

Prosecutors seek over 4 years in prison for ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker for his role in the ComEd bribery scandal.

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

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

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

For a half-century former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was the godfather of Illinois state “poli-tricks”, holding ...

That story came to mind last week when U.S. Judge John Blakey ordered Michael Madigan, the 83-year-old former longtime speaker of the Illinois House, to serve 7.5 years in prison and pay a $2.5 ...

They include Madigan’s formerly close friend and longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, who was also the speaker’s codefendant in the most recent trial.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse after being sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $2.5 million during his post-trial sentencing hearing ...

Michael Madigan, 83, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for bribery, conspiracy and racketeering actions intended to benefit electric utility ComEd.

The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was sentenced Friday to 7½ years in prison and fined $2.5 million after he was convicted of trading legislation for the enrichment of his friends ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way, he developed a ...