Michael Madigan, once the state of Illinois’ most powerful politician during his decades-long run as Illinois House Speaker ...

Government attorneys say the corruption conviction Wednesday of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was historic.

The caseload is piling up and a new administration in Washington means fresh demands for federal prosecutors here in Chicago ...

A former Freeborn & Peters LLP lawyer accused of a scheme to defraud his client’s creditors was found not guilty at his ...

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an upfront and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

A Downers Grove man has been charged with threatening to “blow up” state Rep. Anne Stava Murray in a phone message he ...

It appears to be the first Justice Department lawsuit against local officials for allegedly interfering with the Trump ...

Jayqwan Hamilton, Robert Demaio, and Jacob Barroso were accused of working together to drug and rob five men after meeting ...

the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois is at a critical juncture. If walls could talk, those that line Chicago's Dirksen Federal Building could tell the tales of ...

The North Center house, whose allegedly non-paying tenant was jailed in late 2024 on unrelated charges, came on the market yesterday at a little under $2.18 million.