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I don’t think I’ll ever fully understand why Tim Mapes allowed himself to be put into this situation. Not one of the lies former Illinois...

McCombie claps back at guv's "bullshit" remark

Republican leaders, gathered in Springfield for their annual day at the Illinois State Fair, promised a comeback but largely avoided the elephant in the room: indicted former President Donald Trump.

During Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair Thursday, state party leaders sought a message of unity ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

“I think it’s extremely important that Republicans don’t spend time beating up on other Republicans,” one party leader said.

Federal prosecutors are expected to rest their case in chief Friday in the perjury trial of Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan accused of lying to a federal grand jury investigating his boss. Mapes, 68, of Springfield, is charged with perjury and attempted obstruction of justice, accused in an indictment of lying in answers to seven ...

Jurors hear additional recordings that seemed to show the close relationship between Tim Mapes and Michael McClain.

There are those who say Mapes was so arrogant after decades of amassing power that he couldn’t shake the habit while on the stand.

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In the fall of 2018, then-state Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, thought he might have been in line for a big promotion in t...

Mapes, once chief of staff for former House Speaker Mike Madigan, faces up to 20 years in prison for an obstruction of justice charge and another five years for perjury.