Chief U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall says she didn't know her parents' company hired Burke's firm 30 years ago in its ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share A second jury may be barred from hearing a provocative secret recording ...

The jury of eight women and four men began deliberating at about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday in the case of Paul La Schiazza, the ...

powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan had agreed to a sit-down meeting about the issue. Two days later, La Schiazza got some more promising news in the form of a call from Madigan's ...

“Before questioning began, the jury was given a lengthy list of names that may come up during the trial, including Michael J. Madigan. No one said in open court that they’d heard of Madigan in ...

La Schiazza is charged with bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to win Madigan's support for a law aimed at saving AT&T millions of dollars. But looking beneath the surface ...

In the end, after all the sweating and hand-wringing over Michael Madigan’s power to make or break their legislation, AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza’s scheme to bribe the Democratic ...

A federal jury will hear closing arguments Tuesday in the case of ex-AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of secretly funneling payments to an ally of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan ...

“When my mom passed, I had to stay strong for my 2 younger brothers. When my uncle Michael died, I remained strong for my 3 cousins. I don’t know how much emotional strength I have left.

(The Center Square) – A judge said Friday that he’ll allow a professor to testify about Chicago’s political machine at former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s upcoming corruption ...