Hours of secretly recorded videos and phone calls have offered a rare glimpse into how the longest-serving legislative leader ...

Whenever someone assures you that another person you’re both dealing with “understands” the “quid pro quo,” you’d be wise to ...

The jury in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial heard a new nickname for the powerful House Speaker: “Sphinx," according to ...

It’s time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...

Rep. Nikki Budzinski has represented Illinois’ 13th congressional district since 2023 and previously worked for the Illinois governor.

Efforts to transfer a parcel of land in Chinatown from the state to the city were hitting a wall in the spring of 2018, and ...

Good morning, Chicago. Daniel Solis, the once-prominent Chicago alderman whose turn as an FBI mole took down the state’s two longest-serving Democratic power brokers, walked out of a federal courtroom ...

Daniel Solis, the once-prominent Chicago alderman whose turn as an FBI mole took down the state’s two longest-serving ...

FBI Special Agent Ryan McDonald said on the stand Thursday afternoon investigators focused in on the speaker in 2017, after ...