Back in early 2009, Chicago’s storied Second City comedy theater created a satirical musical spoof of a former governor of ...

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unfairly prosecuted for attempting to make a political deal, otherwise known as ...

I support President Trump in many ways,” state Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) said, “but I don’t think he understands that this just signals that the corruption in Illinois is just accepted, rather than it ...

A federal jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the trial of Michael Madigan, the former Illinois House speaker ...

Andrew Madigan, second from left, with, from left, sisters former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Nicole Madigan and mother, Shirley Madigan, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in October.

Now that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has received a presidential pardon, could an ambassadorship or even a run for public office be in the cards?

An attorney for Michael Madigan on Monday repeatedly denied that the ex-House speaker ever thought utility giant ComEd was bribing him, and painted co-defendant Michael McClain as an exaggerator who ...

Collins also sought to undermine the government’s allegation that Madigan greenlighted ComEd to kill a consumer-related bill that the utility did not want but that Attorney General Lisa Madigan, ...

Some state lawmakers and unions want to "sweeten" pension benefits to the point of costing taxpayers $80 billion by 2045, to ...