U.S. District Court records Share Federal jurors Wednesday heard Michael J. Madigan’s allies talking on secret FBI recordings about an “old-fashioned patronage system,” the need to keep ...

After a long week of intensive questioning, a panel of 12 people who will decide the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was finalized Thursday, although attorneys for both sides ...

Still, Hampton’s testimony is expected to lend context to wiretapped recordings the jury will hear later in the trial where Madigan’s longtime confidant and co-defendant, Michael McClain ...

In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan ...

Federal prosecutors wasted no time getting to the heart of their case against former longtime Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Streicker began her opening ...

Officially it’s known as Case No. 22-cr-115, the United States v. Michael Madigan and Michael McClain. Unofficially, it’s one of the biggest public corruption cases ever brought in Illinois ...

CHICAGO — Tuesday, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, 180 prospective jurors in the Michael Madigan case filled out a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan began this week. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thursday began in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial with a motion to exclude some evidence. Defense attorneys filed a motion to exclude any ...

Michael Nietzel is president emeritus of Missouri State University. A Forbes contributor since 2019, he writes about higher education. After earning his B.A. from Wheaton College (Illinois), he ...

Education: New York University, dual MA in journalism and Latin American studies; University of Chicago, BA in philosophy Michael E. Miller is The Washington Post's first Sydney bureau chief.