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

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

Rod Blagojevich helps correct an injustice and ... of the governor’s attention in late 2008 was a deal with Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the Illinois House, who was blocking ...

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 ...

Pat Quinn is speaking out about ethics reforms following the conviction of Michael Madigan and pardon of Rod Blagojevich.

It’s as predictable as rain in April. A crooked Illinois politician (George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich, Mike Madigan, take your choice) gets convicted, and the state is convulsed in its own version ...

Rod Blagojevich over a series of alleged shakedowns ... that couldn’t go anywhere because Mike Madigan, the speaker of the House, didn’t support them and wouldn’t even call them for a ...

Thanks for your opinion pieces on former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, especially David Greising’s column (“Michael Madigan and Rod Blagojevich were ...

As for Madigan, his small army of lawyers ... During the corrupt administrations of former Govs. George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, the FBI had to send additional agents to Chicago to help their ...