Capitol News Illinois reporter Hannah Meisel covered the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan from the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. The former speaker, who left ...

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Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his high-profile corruption conviction. Timothy Blair, executive secretary ...

While holding hands with his daughters Nicole (left) and Tiffany, Illinois’ former House Speaker Michael Madigan walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after jurors found Madigan guilty of ...

A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 10 of 23 criminal counts in his case. The jury also found Madigan not guilty on ...

Holding hands with his daughter, Nicole, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday. A federal jury found him guilty of bribery ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud charges on Wednesday, but acquitted of several others, following a four ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as part of a partial verdict. The jury reached a partial ...

After eight days of deliberations, the jury is still out in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his longtime political associate Michael McClain.

The jury returned guilty verdicts on 10 of 23 counts against Madigan, including for bribery, bribery conspiracy, using interstate facilities in aid of bribery and wire fraud. The jury deadlocked ...

Federal investigators, sniffing around the target-rich environment for corruption that is Illinois, were keen to bag the biggest game of all: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Well ...

Michael J. Madigan spent decades building a political empire rivaled in Illinois history only by his most storied peers, rising to become the longtime speaker of the state’s House of ...