Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be ...

Madigan is accused of leading a criminal enterprise designed to enhance his political power and enrich himself and his allies ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan testified in his corruption trial Wednesday that he was taken aback when ...

Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was charged with bribery, racketeering, wire fraud, and ...

Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges​.

Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...

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

Once the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, Michael Madigan took the stand Tuesday at his own corruption ...

It was July 18, 2017, when Madigan first met real estate developer Andy Cretal at his tax law firm office in the Loop. That meeting was, without either man's knowledge, being recorded by 22nd Ward ...

Madigan's surprise decision to testify could push back the start of jury deliberations until the last week of January.

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.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan returned to the stand Wednesday to testify for a second day in his corruption trial.