scheming with utility giants ComEd and AT&T to put his cronies on contracts requiring little or no work and using his public ...

Now, Madigan stands trial alongside his longtime friend and advisor McClain, both facing bribery and racketeering charges ...

While Madigan himself was not accused of sexual misconduct, fallout from how a scandal was handled contributed to his loss of ...

In 2011, as Thomas O’Neill was in Springfield pushing for legislation on behalf of utility giant ComEd, he heard one question ...

FBI mole testifies about no-work contracts for speaker’s allies By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...

A motion to exclude evidence in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been denied.

“Madigan understood this and exploited it to ... solicited from electric utility Commonwealth Edison and telecom giant AT&T in the form of jobs and contracts for his political allies.

Prosecutors have alleged that ComEd and AT&T Illinois gave out jobs and contract work to those loyal to Madigan to get legislation passed that would benefit them in Springfield. O’Neill ...

Madigan attorney Todd Pugh called it a “purely personal situation” — unlike other allegations that people were paid by ComEd and AT&T Illinois to influence Madigan. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet ...

Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual ...

who are facing bribery and racketeering charges in a case that extends beyond ComEd to a similar alleged scheme involving AT&T and steering business to Madigan’s private real estate law firm.