After nearly two years without a permanent leader, the search for the next U.S. attorney in Chicago is officially underway in ...

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch didn’t sound all that enthused about passing any new ethics reforms during an interview last week. In the wake of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction ...

"This is not a time to be silent,” Speaker Chris Welch said of responding to Trump Administration policies. Columnist Rich ...

Patrick Cotter of UB Greensfelder and John Mitchell of Willkie Farr & Gallagher represented Mike McClain, who faced criminal ...

Illinois lawmakers react to Madigan's corruption conviction, with calls for reform and accountability, and the focus shifting ...

In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump ...

Near the end of his speech, Pritzker used the recent conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on federal corruption charges to call out Republicans who have remained largely silent ...

President Donald Trump said he's getting rid of all of his predecessor's top federal prosecutors, a standard change for an ...

State Senator Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) released the following statement regarding the guilty verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.       “This guilty verdict was ...

Federal authorities and state lawmakers say they will keep fighting public corruption in Illinois after the conviction of ...

The conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has legislators, including former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, calling for ethics reform.

Both current and former Illinois legislators are applauding last week’s guilty verdict in the corruption case against Michael ...