JOLIET, Ill. – The Ruby Street bridge in Joliet will be closed for nearly one week as it undergoes construction repairs.

CHICAGO — As the longest-serving legislative leader in American history, Michael Madigan repeatedly exploited his public role ...

Testimony has begun in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Tuesday. Carol Sente, a business owner and former representative in the Illinois General Assembly, ...

Ex-House Speaker Madigan's trial on racketeering and bribery starts with opening statements and witness testimony in Illinois ...

Here's a plan to modernize Illinois' higher education, preventing financial losses, job cuts and closing institutions vital ...

An attorney for Michael Madigan’s longtime friend and confidant Michael McClain, who is on trial with him, told jurors there is no evidence of an intention to exchange a favor for something else.

The attorney for Michael Madigan’s co-defendant, Mike McClain, revealed on Tuesday how lobbyists curry favor with politicians ...

On a hot Tuesday in July 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan met with then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis at the ...

A woman can transfer a negligence lawsuit to the special representative of a deceased defendant’s estate in a case involving a car accident, a state appellate panel ruled.

A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of ...

The government is calling its first witnesses in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on ...

Throughout the hours of opening statements, Madigan sat at the head of his defense table in the wood-paneled courtroom ...