After the 1990 general election, the state of Illinois found itself in a predicament. Democrats controlled the House and ...

July 25, 2025, would have marked Illinois’ first Emmett Till Day, a commemoration of the 14-year-old Chicagoan whose 1955 ...

Jeffrey Tobolski traveled a well-worn path in Chicago-area politics, from following in the footsteps of his late father as ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, convicted on nearly a dozen corruption charges, is set to be sentenced Friday; prosecutors are seeking 12.5 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine.

Cook County Commissioner and Mayor of McCook, was sentenced to four years in prison for corruption after an extensive federal investigation revealed his involvement in extortion and bribery schemes.

His political career spanned 50 years in the General Assembly, 23 years chairing the Democratic Party of Illinois, and 36 years as House speaker — the longest tenure of any state or federal ...

The Tribune’s timely series on Illinois’ “Culture of Corruption” reminded me of my first brush with Illinois’ political culture. In 1968, fresh out of graduate school, I was hired by the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- The former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced on June 13, on federal corruption charges. He was also given a $2.5 million fine.

In 2021, Gov. JB Pritzker in 2021 signed one of the most aggressively gerrymandered congressional maps in the country.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.