In the world of Springfield politics, longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan developed a reputation that people at the ...

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be ...

Madigan surprised many observers when he reported to the witness stand last Tuesday in his own defense. The former speaker ...

The former Illinois House speaker's aversion to technology — and his daily habit of eating an apple — are just a few pieces ...

Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges​.

In a stunning and risky move, ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is planning to take the stand in his own public corruption ...

Cheronis, who's defended alleged racketeers and international spies to movie moguls accused of sexual assault and a witness in the Madigan trial, Lou Lang, said putting Madigan on the stand is a risk.

Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was charged with bribery, racketeering, wire fraud, and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan returned to the stand Wednesday to testify for a second day in his corruption trial.

Tuesday, jurors in the former Illinois House speaker’s federal bribery trial heard intensely personal revelations from a ...

Mike Madigan and Mike McClain have known each other since they both were state representatives in the 1970s, but their ...

For the second day in a row, the famously tight-lipped former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan testified in his ...