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Freshly inaugurated Illinois legislators meet 'critical moment' after lame-duck infighting
Gov. JB Pritzker waved off concerns that a fiery House Democratic caucus meeting that tanked one of his prized legislative ...
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Federal prosecutors rest their case against Illinois’ once-powerful speaker, Michael Madigan
Federal prosecutors rested their case Wednesday against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, the once-powerful Southwest Side Democrat whose reign in Springfield shattered records ...
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Government Wrapping Up Its Corruption Case Against Former Illinois Speaker
Eddie Acevedo, D-Chicago, at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Judge John Robert Blakey ruled Wednesday that Acevedo would be ...
Illinois hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting
But the bill also created rifts within the House Democratic caucus. According to several sources, the hemp regulation bill was the focus of a three-hour closed-door caucus meeting Monday that some ...
Illinois quick hits: Bears look to break ground this year; bald eagle with bird flu euthanized
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has returned to the witness stand at his federal bribery and racketeering trial in Chicago. Madigan began direct testimony Tuesday at the Dirksen U.S.
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Ex-speaker Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’
Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...