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

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.

Federal prosecutors have moved to throw out the remaining charges against Michael McClain, a former lobbyist whose close ...

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

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan files appeal of federal corruption conviction By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team, WLS Wednesday, July 23, 2025 ...

Anne Pramaggiore led the state’s largest utility for six years. On Monday a judge sentenced her to two years for helping lead a scheme to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has appealed his conviction on 10 counts of public corruption. Madigan’s defense attorneys filed the appeal notice Wednesday in federal court in ...

It hurts ordinary Americans in concrete ways, and the risk has never been greater given today’s unprecedented mixing of ...