Auggie Wilk (in white), who was voted pope by his classmates in a mock conclave, sits with his classmates dressed as ...

While Madigan had numerous accomplishments, he will also be remembered for his corruption conviction. He was sentenced June ...

A federal judge in Chicago on Friday sentenced former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael J. Madigan to seven and a half years in federal prison for using his official position to ...

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s crimes against the people of warranted a sentence of 105 years – just for his role in ...

The requested favor was so indefensibly large — and public — that legislators didn’t want to get near it. Democratic Senate President Don Harmon asked members of the House and Senate to bail him out ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Associate Editor Greg Bishop talks with The Center Square ...

Decades ago in New York state, a judge handed down a long sentence to an older criminal. The defendant protested, telling the judge, "I won't live that long." "Do the best you can," the judge replied.

Crain’s reporter John Pletz joins host Amy Guth to discuss the former Illinois House speaker's seven and a half-year sentence ...

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

JACKSONVILLE Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison and a $2 ...

The sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s ...