While former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan waits to hear from jurors about whether he'll go to prison, his one time right-hand man Timothy Mapes is already there. The 70-year-old is doing ...

Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.

The outcome of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial will be watched closely well beyond Chicago’s ...

Several feet away, Dr. Phil McGraw — a TV talk show host who, along with his camera crew, was embedded with Homeland Security agents as they launched an immigration blitz in the Chicago area on Sunday ...

MacArthur said Counts 19-22 against both Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain involve the Chicago ... was in February 2024 – following his sentencing, in accordance with the State Employees ...

Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the ...

Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...

Madigan and his now former friend and political fixer, 77-year-old Michael McClain, each face a 23-count criminal indictment.

Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday after the prosecution’s rebuttal case at the corruption trial of former ...

What the evidence of this trial did show is lobbying and politics...,” McClain attorney Patrick Cotter said in his closing ...