Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

A prosecutor with a 20-year record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the U.S. attorney in Chicago, NBC 5 Investigates learned.

the former AT&T boss who was accused of bribing Madigan. And most prominently, the first trial of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich ended when jurors could only reach agreement on one of the 24 counts he faced.

Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold.

Rod Blagojevich's pardon, which came down a day before the Madigan verdict. It's also fair to note that the system that animated much of the corruption at the center of the Madigan case is still ...

Rod Blagojevich over a series of alleged shakedowns ... because of a largely recalcitrant General Assembly dominated by Madigan, who Quinn and other critics said impeded wide-ranging reforms.

"I haven't been following that," Blagojevich said regarding Madigan's case. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich addresses the press on the night of Feb. 10, 2025, outside his home in Chicago.

Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and is a proper use ... seat that occupied most of the governor’s attention in late 2008 was a deal with Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the ...