Jon Grinspan is curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the author of “Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the ...

AT&T Illinois had tried for years to win powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan’s support for a bill ending mandated landline service, but it wasn’t until the company’s president agreed to ...

When AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza received an email from the son of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asking for a charitable contribution in 2017, he forwarded it immediately to a ...

Madigan to land the “white whale” that the utility and its top executive “had desperately wanted for the better part of a decade,” a federal prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. But a defense ...

Madigan, 82, is charged in a 23-count indictment alleging he participated in an array of bribery and extortion schemes from 2011 to 2019 aimed at using the power of his public office for personal ...

Two days later, La Schiazza got some more promising news in the form of a call from Madigan's closest confidant ... question about whether it was OK for Acevedo not to register as a lobbyist ...

Tyler Pasciak-LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share There’s no disputing the power that Michael J. Madigan once wielded in Springfield — it apparently offended even the man who is now on trial for having ...

Maryanne (Tegethoff) Madigan, 92, of Simsbury Connecticut passed away peacefully on Friday, August 23, 2024 at her home, surrounded by her close family. Maryanne was born on New Year’s Day ...

Attorneys for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan have compiled years’ worth of unflattering press about the political powerhouse in hopes that a judge will let them examine potential jurors ...

Comic Kathleen Madigan returns to Charlottesville in 2025 with her Day Drinking Tour on Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. at The Paramount Theater. As a premiere stand-up comedian, Madigan sells out ...

(The Center Square) – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan wants to screen the social media accounts of potential jurors after extensive pretrial publicity for one of the state’s most ...