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A newly unsealed search warrant in the ComEd bribery probe centered on former House Speaker Michael Madigan provides the greatest detail yet about an alleged behind-the-scenes effort to kill an energy bill supported by Madigan’s daughter, the then-Illinois attorney general.

A federal judge on Monday ruled against Ald. Edward Burke and his co-defendants in a slew of pretrial motions seeking to suppress evidence and toss certain charges in his racketeering case.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot may have said she was “deeply offended” by the deferred prosecution deal that federal prosecutors struck with former Ald. Daniel Solis, but she sure seems interested in any dirt he’s been dishing.

A federal prosecutor on Thursday delivered an impassioned defense of the deferred prosecution deal with former Ald. Daniel Solis.

Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez on Wednesday asked a federal judge to consider the “rampant and unchecked corruption” of his predecessor, Ald. Daniel Solis.

Ineffective campaign finance rules, allowing alderpersons to make unilateral decisions on many permits and zoning changes and permitting elected officeholders to represent clients seeking government aid invite corruption.

More than three years after his turn as a government mole ended, former Ald. Daniel Solis is finally set to answer to bribery allegations in court Wednesday — virtually, at least.

The feds agreed to charge Solis with one bribery count “based upon the substantial assistance” Solis had provided to law enforcement. If he holds up his end of the bargain, prosecutors have agreed to seek dismissal of the bribery charge filed against him last week.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Solis, who turned government mole to help federal investigators build cases against Ald. Edward Burke and ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, was charged with a single bribery count on Friday.