The number of years former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan spent in Springfield has often been used as shorthand to ...

More than 2,100 "No Kings" rallies took place on Saturday across the country. See pictures from some of the protests in Illinois.

Transit agency officials in the Chicago area have formally begun the process of planning for next year’s budget, including ...

Supporters hoped the legislation would accelerate the state’s clean energy transition, but it stalled amid opposition from ...

The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was sentenced Friday to 7½ years in prison and fined $2.5 million ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

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

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.

Chicago, be sentenced to 12.5 years in prison and pay a maximum fine of $2.5 million. Defense attorneys said Madigan should ...