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CHICAGO — Former Democratic state legislator Annazette Collins is scheduled to go on trial on federal tax charges Tuesday, nearly three years after she was indicted amid the sprawling investigation
A onetime top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has a date with fate on Feb. 12 in Chicago federal court, and it’s not going to be pleasant
DES MOINES — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is investing more than $18 million in 183 clean energy projects across Iowa through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP),
But lawyers for Tim Mapes argue their client should be sentenced to time served, supervised release and “significant” community service.
Prosecutors are asking for up to about five years in prison for Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to House Speaker Michael Madigan, arguing in a court filing late Monday that Mapes lied to a federal grand jury in a cynical attempt to protect his boss instead of serving the citizens of Illinois. “Mapes’ lies were calculated to thwart the government’s sprawling investigation of a series of ...