The sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s ...

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...

Natalia Cardenas, 28, cried on Father’s Day. The Cardenas family arrived in Chicago from Colombia three years ago and ...

The Champaign County Board has a vacancy to fill, prompting the local Democratic Party to solicit applications from ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison and fined $2.5 million for trading ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison but his allies now run the Illinois House ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is expected to be sentenced on Friday on federal bribery, conspiracy, and wire ...