Some Illinois lawmakers are expressing hope that the General Assembly will get serious about ethics reform in 2025.

Real estate lawyer Michael Madigan, a lawmaker for 50 years, is accused of using ComEd as his “personal piggy bank.” ...

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President Trump's order impacts both convictions and pending cases. It says approximately 300 pending cases should be ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Closing arguments are expected to begin Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Last week, the defense rested its case in the ...

The Quad Cities Chamber held a legislative forum on Friday featuring Illinois state representatives and senators from the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Much like the rest of the trial, closing arguments in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial are going long. Government prosecutors ended the day ...

Michael Nietzel is president emeritus of Missouri State University. A Forbes contributor since 2019, he writes about higher education. After earning his B.A. from Wheaton College (Illinois), he ...

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

That motorcycle is now at the center of a two-count federal indictment in the southern district of Illinois in November against then-Wayne City Police Chief Anson Fenton, 46, alleging he sold ...

Among the hive of people descending upon the nation’s capital over the weekend for President Donald Trump’s inauguration was ...

Chinese telecommunications company Hytera Communications has pleaded guilty in Illinois federal court to stealing Motorola Solutions trade secrets covering digital mobile radio technology ...