Months before a federal judge sentenced former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to prison on Friday, the once-mighty state Democratic Party chairman took the witness stand in his corruption ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

He knew better.” Prosecutors argued for a longer sentence because Madigan lied on the stand and because he’s a public ...

As his sentencing on his corruption conviction arrives, Michael Madigan is placing fervent hope on the backing of a wide ...

Madigan was the longest-serving state House leader in U.S. history, spending 36 years as speaker of the Illinois House of ...