The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an upfront and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

It’s been two months since the Chicago School Board voted to save five Acero charter schools but there’s no deal yet to make ...

Convicting Michael Madigan is a victory for federal prosecutors that few would have predicted when the former Illinois House speaker was at the peak of his power. Now it's time for lawmakers to be ...

Joshua Wallace, the head of CPD's Criminal Networks Group, previously saw his $839,000 personal debt featured in an Iowa newspaper after he became a finalist last year in Des Moines.

Federal prosecutors have made it clear they are listening to phone calls. But have the threats of federal investigations and ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history ...

Johnson's ominous warning before a church audience Monday night has fueled speculation about a high-level political purge as ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested to attendees at a church appearance that he will be firing several city employees ...

Michael Madigan’s jury heard from more than 60 witnesses during 11 weeks of testimony. Now, they’ve deliberated for just shy of 64 hours over another 10 days. Whether their reference Tuesday to having ...

A former federal official from the Chicago area who has worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development explains why President Trump's foreign aid cuts hurt people around the globe and ...

Though the Texas-based Mexican American group denies any connection to anti-immigration political parties, critics point to a ...