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Tim Mapes, former Madigan chief of staff, reports to federal prison
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoFormer House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff is now a federal inmate, the...
Former Mike Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes scheduled to report to prison Tuesday
ABC 7 Chicago· 2 days agoThe longtime chief of staff for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to report...
McCombie, Halpin on possible ethics-reform constitutional amendment
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCalls for ethics reform reached fever pitch after the Com-Ed scandal surrounding former Speaker Mike...
Federal judge who presided over R. Kelly trial dead at 87 after battling lung cancer
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 hours agoU.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, who presided over singer R. Kelly’s trial on child sex abuse charges, has died. Leinenweber died Tuesday evening, the eastern division of the U.S. District ...
Judicial giant Harry D. Leinenweber dies at 87: 'He understands ordinary people and has great common...
Chicago Sun-Times· 21 hours agoHarry D. Leinenweber, the legal giant from Joliet who served as a federal judge for nearly four...
‘He got everything out of his life’: US District Judge Harry Leinenweber dies at 87
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoU.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber was nearing the end of his remarkable career as a federal...
Former Gov. James R. Thompson remembered as ‘titan’ in state government
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn 1988, Thompson teamed up with House Speaker Michael Madigan to secure votes for a plan to...
Feds say ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power on ‘dark path’ of corruption, seek 10 years in prison
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFederal prosecutors are asking for 10 years in prison for former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke, arguing...
Feds seek 10 years behind bars for disgraced Chicago city councilor
Courthouse News Service· 2 days agoFederal prosecutors want convicted ex-Chicago Alderman Ed Burke to serve over a decade behind bars,...
Letters: State lawmakers should say ‘tax increases’ instead of ‘new revenues’
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoAs an Illinois taxpayer, it makes my eyes bleed every time I read about our politicians talking...