Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is making another attempt to stay out of prison. Madigan filed a motion ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is trying to stay out of prison past October. The 83-year-old ...

While former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan contemplates the prospect of entering federal prison in October, his onetime top aide is trying to figure out how he'll support himself when he ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mike Madigan, the man long-considered Illinois' most powerful politician, is expected to be prepping for his first court date on 22 federal felonies. The former Illinois house speaker ...

Illinoisans are remembering former Gov. Jim Edgar for his willingness to work across the aisle. Why it matters: ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Daily fantasy sports betting is illegal gambling under Illinois law, Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Wednesday. Madigan's opinion, sought by two Democratic legislators, points ...

Jim Edgar was perceived to be a young politician on the rise by those in Coles County and on the Eastern Illinois University campus. Edgar was considered almost a political inevitability. So it was a ...