Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Michael Madigan, a former Illinois House speaker and the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was sentenced to ...

Auggie Wilk (in white), who was voted pope by his classmates in a mock conclave, sits with his classmates dressed as ...

If you had any interaction with a state legislator since the shootings, you know this horrific crime has struck many of them ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

Former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years and fined $2.5 million for corruption in a landmark ...

Although former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was expected to pay a $2.5 million fine quickly, his time in prison ...

The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 ...

The judge who sentenced Michael Madigan to 7 1/2 years in prison said the former Illinois House speaker's testimony was “a ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, was sentenced Friday to 7.5 years in prison following his conviction in a federal corruption ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in federal prison and a $2.5 million fine in his corruption case.