Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

CHICAGO — A long-running federal probe of corruption in Illinois politics led to the most influential figure in Illinois politics for decades now having to answer a 22 count corruption indictment. For ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stands next to his defense attorney as a protester follows outside the federal court ...

Fidel Marquez may not have been the architect of the vast ComEd bribery scheme that brought down former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.

More than seven years after he agreed to become an FBI mole, former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday for his role in a massive bribery conspiracy to ...

Illinois’ finances were “one hot mess,” as Comptroller Susana Mendoza put it, the last time voters went to the polls to elect the state’s chief fiscal officer. Bills went unpaid.

(The Center Square) – One year after a federal jury convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud and use of a facility to promote unlawful activity, a ...