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All four defendants on the "ComEd Four" Trial were found guilty on all chargest on Tuesday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago.

Casten became the highest-ranking Democrat to call for former state House Speaker Michael Madigan to resign from his post as a Cook County Democratic committeeperson.

Illinois GOP quick to pounce on ‘ComEd Four’ verdicts, but even party insiders say outcome might not move the needle much in a deeply blue state.

(The Center Square) – A federal judge will decide if the four former Commonwealth Edison executives and lobbyists convicted of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will go to prison. A jury on Tuesday c...

“This is very clear: We do not want to stand for this sort of corruption,” juror Amanda Schnitker Sayers said during an appearance on “Chicago Tonight.”

Four former ComEd executives, consultants and lobbyists were found guilty of bribery and conspiracy in a scheme to influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

We're going to talk some history today. According to testimony at the federal ComEd Four trial, then-House Speaker Mike Madigan's former 13th Ward Alderperson Frank...

Former Republican Illinois State Rep. Jeanna Ives says that the guilty verdict in the ComEd 4 trial is a clear indicator of corruption in the state’s political atmosphere.

The guilty verdicts against the ComEd Four are a message to politicians across Illinois that citizens understand the toll political corruption takes on their state, and they won’t tolerate it.

Madigans trial is set to begin next April and may be one of the most complex trials in Illinois history. Madigans defense will be that he was conducting