Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted Wednesday of 10 counts of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud. Madigan was speaker for 36 years before he was replaced after the bribery ...

An Illinois county has voted to remove former Congressman Henry Hyde's name from a courthouse due to the late Republican ...

Local Republican State Representatives and Senators have reacted to the guilty verdict for the corruption trial of former ...

Downstate Illinois remains a stronghold for Trump, with a 59.4% approval rating. In Chicago, his approval rating remains steady at 20.5%, nearly identical to his 20.56% vote share in November. The ...

Local Democratic officials in Illinois are leading an effort to remove from government buildings the name of Henry J. Hyde, ...

Democrat attorneys general signed a “secret agreement,” starting Nov. 8, 2024, pledging to oppose Trump’s anticipated ...

Illinois lawmakers voiced a wide range of reactions Wednesday following former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on ...

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin released a statement Thursday morning after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as the country's new Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Among multiple schemes, he was accused of using his influence to pass legislation favorable to utility companies that doled out kickbacks, jobs and contracts to his loyalists. An attorney, Madigan ...

Hoping to finally turn the page on former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s decadeslong reign over Illinois politics, Democrats ...

Following the guilty verdicts against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, provides reaction and a call for ethics reforms.