Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks to the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Oct. 2, 2024. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share When former Illinois House Speaker Michael J.

CHICAGO — Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve (his) power and line his pockets” for years, prosecutors ...

"Michael Madigan and Michael McClain conspired to conserve Madigan's power and line Madigan's pockets," Schwartz said. She started by breaking down the 117-page 23-count indictment for the jury.

Michael Paul Heeney ... Proud alumnus of the CK Class of 1967, St. Rita H.S. Class of 1971, attended Illinois State University, and received an associate’s degree from Worsham College of ...

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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s legal team rested their case Thursday, hoping to convince jurors that prosecutors overreached by bringing a historic racketeering conspiracy ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The defense rested its case in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's bribery and corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal Building on Thursday. The jury was sent home early ...

Michael S. Levin, “Pa”, Chicago IL, age 77, passed away unexpectedly in his home on 1/12/25. Michael was a beloved husband for 46 years to Carla Levin, loving father of Rachel (Andrew ...

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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's legal gambit of testifying in his own defense in his corruption trial is now over The ACLU is urging U of I to roll back recent protest regulations ...

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