Sometimes a crime is just a crime — identified, investigated, accused, prosecuted and convicted — but on occasion, a criminal ...

The developer was in the preliminary stages of building an apartment complex in Chicago’s booming West Loop neighborhood, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense team began their final presentation to the jury just after lunch Friday, ...

In dramatic closing arguments, Madigan's defense counters the federal "puzzle piece" narrative of corruption and bribery.

Madigan's defense attorney Dan Collins, when he began his own closing arguments Friday afternoon, rebutted that the ...

It's the final presentation from Madigan’s attorneys before jurors begin to deliberate the sweeping racketeering conspiracy ...

The mayor received a $13,000 check from an association affiliated with a city lobbyist, potentially violating an ordinance ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team has begun closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago ...

Friday concluded day three of closing arguments in the corruption trial for former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael ...

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

Thanks to a new state law, pregnant women in Illinois can no longer be denied health insurance benefits during their ...