After note warning of an impasse, judge tells jury in trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III a deadlock would be premature at ...

It’s the first trial of a sitting state lawmaker since former state Rep. Derrick Smith, who was found guilty of bribery by a ...

Lawyers for convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan are arguing for a new trial in his corruption case, saying prosecutors failed to prove the then-powerful Democrat knew about a scheme by ...

Deliberations continued for nearly 23 hours before jury arrived at stalemate in the federal bribery trial of Illinois Sen.

Jones, a South Side Democrat, is the first sitting state legislator to face trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse since former state Rep. Derrick Smith, who was found guilty of bribery by a jury in ...

U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood had said she planned to urge the jury of five men and seven women to continue their ...

CHICAGO — The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial indicated late Wednesday that it may be ...

The trial, which is expected to be short, will finally shed more light on a federal corruption probe that went public in the fall of 2019, just as a concurrent investigation into then-Illinois House ...

Convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wants a new trial. His attorneys claimed in a motion that the trial judge made a series of errors, including allowing prosecutors to present ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 for his conviction on public corruption charges. The bribery trial of current Chicago state Sen. Emil Jones III ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Lawyers for former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan are asking for an acquittal or a new trial in his corruption case. In a lengthy court filing Friday, they said prosecutors ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 for his conviction on public corruption charges.