The sentence, which also includes three years’ probation after his prison term and a $2.5 million fine, follows a jury’s ...

Madigan, 83, who for years was widely hailed as the most powerful politician in the state, was convicted on bribery ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

The judge who sentenced Michael Madigan to 7 1/2 years in prison said the former Illinois House speaker's testimony was “a nauseating display of perjury and evasion” that was “hard to watch.” “You ...

Morris Republican State Senator Sue Rezin says the sentencing of former longtime Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan marks ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was sentenced Friday to seven and a half years in federal prison and a $2.5 million fine in his corruption case.

The stunning downward spiral of Michael Madigan’s political career ended Friday with a 7 1/2-year prison sentence and a $2.5 ...

Judge Blakey handed down the 90-month sentence Friday at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. He also imposed three years of supervised release after his prison time ends.

A stunning fall from grace for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. The man once nicknamed The Velvet Hammer for ...

Michael Madigan, once the most powerful figure in Illinois politics, was sentenced to seven and a half years in federal ...