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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...
Tim Mapes, former Madigan chief of staff, reports to federal prison
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoFormer House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff is now a federal inmate, the...
Mike Madigan’s former chief of staff Tim Mapes reports to prison
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPENSACOLA, Fla. — Tim Mapes, the one-time chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker, is now in...
McCombie, Halpin on possible ethics-reform constitutional amendment
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCalls for ethics reform reached fever pitch after the Com-Ed scandal surrounding former Speaker Mike...
Judicial giant Harry D. Leinenweber dies at 87: 'He understands ordinary people and has great common...
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day 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· 1 day agoU.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber was nearing the end of his remarkable career as a federal...
Federal Judge Who Presided Over R. Kelly Trial Dead at 87 After Battling Lung Cancer
US News & World Report· 9 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 ...
Former Gov. James R. Thompson remembered as ‘titan’ in state government
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 days 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...
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...