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(The Center Square) – Prosecutors revealed Tuesday they found the so-called "magic list" handwritten on hotel stationery in a tote bag in a former Commonwealth Edison lobbyist's Toyota Avalon. Prosecutors have mentioned...

In 2019, agents searched homes of allies of ex-Speaker Michael Madigan, seizing documents and finding none showing any work was done in exchange for payment.

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.”

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A defense attorney for one of the four allies of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan who are trial countered that the case is marked by “overzealousness” and lacks hard evidence to back up the allegations.

Federal prosecutors told jurors Wednesday they would hear more than 100 recordings over the next several weeks, as the wide-ranging case against four allies of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan kicked off in earnest with opening statements.

Jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse are expected to get a close-up look at how Springfield operated in the last decade when four political power players head to trial.

Michael J. Madigan will likely never step foot in the federal courtroom where four former political power players are about to face trial, accused of trying to bribe the longtime Illinois House speaker to benefit ComEd.

The state’s wealthiest man, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, is again exerting influence a race for an Illinois Supreme Court seat in an election cycle that could potentially give Republicans a high court edge.

The state’s wealthiest man, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, is again exerting influence in a race for an Illinois Supreme Court seat during an election cycle that could give Republicans a