WEST HARTFORD — State Sen. Derek Slap was reelected to represent the Senate's 5th District of West Hartford, Farmington, Burlington and Bloomfield after defeating his Republican challenger on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

So when a cryptic email was forwarded to him in 2013 from Michael McClain, a longtime associate of House Speaker Michael Madigan, asking that ComEd shift a contract for one of Madigan’s top 13th ...

Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual harassment from a co-worker that became a turning point in Madigan’s ...

Derek Carr responded Sunday after ex-teammate Michael Thomas wrote on social media that the Saints quarterback should get his "ass whooped" for a throw to Chris Olave. Olave was injured on the ...

Madigan et al is scheduled to resume Wednesday morning at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. Greg Bishop and Brett Rowland contributed to this story. Show comments ...

CHICAGO — On the eve of his retirement announcement in late 2016, longtime Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain wrote letters to longtime colleagues, expressing his appreciation for them. In one ...

CHICAGO — Jurors on Thursday heard the first of some 200 recordings in the trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a blockbuster corruption case that hinges in large part on ...