Michael Gianaris, a Democrat ... shop owners and breeders who challenged the measure in court. A year later Illinois barred pet shops from selling commercially raised puppies and kittens.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's co-defendant Michael McClain's defense gave closing arguments Tuesday. The jury began hearing defense attorney Patrick Cotter's ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere | Sun-Times Share Ten years after the FBI began its aggressive pursuit of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Co-defendant Mike McClain again filed a motion to have his case severed from former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's Tuesday. He has said that being tried jointly deprives ...

jurors have begun deliberating in the most consequential Illinois public corruption case in years: the racketeering case of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant ...

Michael S. Levin, “Pa”, Chicago IL, age 77, passed away unexpectedly in his home on 1/12/25. Michael was a beloved husband for 46 years to Carla Levin, loving father of Rachel (Andrew ...

CHICAGO — Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve (his) power and line his pockets” for years, prosecutors ...

I can’t overlook the horrific nature of this crime,” a judge said. “To call this violent is an understatement.” ...

A biopic about the complicated legacy of Michael Jackson was always going to be an ambitious undertaking. The planned release of the film, starring Jaafar Jackson as his late uncle, has been moved ...

A downstate Champaign elected official’s use of an antisemitic symbol on his Facebook page has drawn condemnation.

It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing checkers ...