The top brass in the U.S. attorney's office needs to figure out why they have had such a miserably low initial conviction ...

“Michael Madigan is not corrupt ... capped one of the most significant political corruption investigations in Chicago’s checkered history. It also cemented an extraordinary personal fall ...

Records show Jackson, a son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., recently became an investor in Vendor Assistance Program LLC.

A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of state Sen. Emil Jones III, D-Chicago, after a jury deadlocked ...

Just one day into her campaign to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Friday ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 for his conviction on public corruption charges. The bribery trial of current Chicago state Sen. Emil Jones III ...

CHICAGO — The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial indicated late Wednesday that it may be ...

Defense attorneys clearly see testifying as the best move for Jones before his case lands in the hands of a jury. However, it ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 for his conviction on public corruption charges.

The clout-heavy, Chicago-based VAP has pocketed hundreds ... in politics as an aide to former Illinois Democratic boss Michael Madigan, who was convicted earlier this year in a sweeping federal ...