Suburban lawmakers applaud Michael Madigan verdict, call for ethics reforms
Both current and former Illinois legislators are applauding last week’s guilty verdict in the corruption case against Michael ...
Chicago Tribune29d
A disappearing witness, an odd choice of hold music and the Fighting Irish: 5 strange things you might not know about the Madigan trial
Michael McClain leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago at the end of the day on Jan. 29, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) During his testimony Jan. 7, Madigan explained to the jury that ...
Ex-Gov. Pat Quinn calls on Gov. JB Pritzker to push ethics reforms after Michael Madigan conviction
Citing ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction, former Gov. Pat Quinn called on Gov. JB Pritzker to toughen Illinois ethics ...
Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial
Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s “mouthpiece.” Jurors deadlocked on all of the counts McClain faced. McClain, a onetime state ...
Chicago Tribune19d
Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s state pension suspended following conviction
Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual ... A sentencing date for the 82-year-old Madigan, of Chicago’s Southwest Side, has yet to be set. Madigan lost the ...
Chicago Sun-Times19d
Once a political giant, Madigan now a convicted felon and likely prison inmate — but not a racketeer
Illinois’ former House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Wednesday. While Madigan’s conviction may represent the peak of the feds’ years-long push into Chicago ...
CBS News19d
Michael Madigan, former Illinois House Speaker, convicted on 10 corruption counts, acquitted on 7 others
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 ...
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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan found guilty on 10 counts; jury deadlocked on others
CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a fixture in Illinois politics for more than 50 years, left the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday a convicted felon ...
ABC 7 Chicago18d
Mike Madigan found guilty on 10 counts in partial verdict, not guilty on 7 counts
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 ...
NBC Chicago19d
Madigan Trial: What Illinois' former House speaker was convicted, acquitted of
Jurors delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ... Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. -Madigan was convicted of three counts accusing ...
Forrest Claypool: Chicago is holding itself back from a bright future
“The word bankruptcy has been hanging over Chicago like a storm cloud about to burst,” wrote American Enterprise Institute ...
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Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan’s state pension suspended following conviction
Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his ...