The former speaker’s decision to testify will lengthen the already long trial, which was originally predicted to wrap before ...

Throughout his five-decade career in politics, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan received hundreds of requests for job recommendations from a wide range of people he encountered.

The rules for the 104th Illinois General Assembly are now in place despite House Republicans urging for changes to make ...

Over the last 2 ½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...

Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime Democratic leader’s voice dozens of times on wiretapped phone calls and in ...

CHICAGO — Former Illinois state Rep. Edward Acevedo must testify in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, despite strenuous arguments from ...

It’s been 18 months since Karina Gonzalez and her 15-year-old daughter Daniela were shot and killed on Fourth of July weekend at their Chicago home, allegedly by her husband.

Palestine's Community Mpact is honoring Anderson County Commissioner Rashad Mims during its second Celebration of Black History Month Gala. Mims has served as county commissioner Pct. 2 for 19 years.

Dixon, and Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, discussed their priorities for the 2025 legislative session Monday night while answering questions from their districts' constituents during a telephone-based town ...

Ray Long, the great investigative reporter at the Chicago Tribune, joins John Williams to give us all the details on the last couple days of the Mike Madigan corruption trial when Madigan took the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's parliament elects army commander Joseph Aoun as president, breaking a two-year deadlock.