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CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois)- In the weeks following then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's forced ouster of his longtime chief of sta...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois)- In the weeks following then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's forced ouster of his longtime chief of sta...

(The Center Square) – Prosecutors painted a picture Tuesday of Illinois largest electric utility, including its high-level executives, scrambling to appease even the smallest requests made on behalf of the

Fidel Marquez took the stand for a second day as the U.S. attorney's office tried to make its bribery case against the "ComEd Four."

A close confidant of Michael J. Madigan sat down with a new ComEd CEO in March 2019 and explained how the then-powerful Illinois House speaker had long viewed the massive utility as an “old-fashioned patronage system.”

(The Center Square) – Former Commonwealth Edison Senior Vice President Fidel Marquez told jurors in the ongoing "ComEd Four" corruption trial on Wednesday that sometimes even he was "surprised" at the level of demands then-House Speake...

Prosecution’s star witness in the “ComEd Four” trial testified then-House Speaker Michael Madigan called on the utility to raise $450,000 at its annual fundraiser for the Illinois Democratic Party.

Listen to recordings collected by the FBI played in the ComEd bribery trial. The list will be updated with new audio and transcripts as the trial develops.

(The Center Square) – A former Commonwealth Edison executive told jurors Monday that rewards for associates of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan were disguised through a series of contracts.

Marquez testified that ComEd’s relationship with Madigan was “not a very good one” in the early 2000s, with the speaker upset about legislation that would have merged ComEd with another utility company.