And the nation is still watching, waiting to see if the downfall of Michael Madigan will change anything. The consensus is: ...

A federal jury Wednesday convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the most powerful person in Illinois politics, of bribery conspiracy charges in a wide-ranging case alleging he ran his ...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan minced no words on the day Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his longtime political ...

Illinois politician Mike Madigan made history as the longest serving state House leader in the country. Now, his legacy may also includes corruption.

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says he is "profoundly grateful" to President Donald Trump for pardoning him. Blagojevich spent nearly eight years in prison on corruption charges ...

No wonder former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is pictured smiling on the front page of the Tribune ( “Trump accords full pardon to ...

Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence ... seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital. Blagojevich served eight years in prison before Trump cut short his term in 2020.