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‘ComEd Four’ guilty on all counts in bribery trial tied to ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan
Belleville News-Democrat· 1 year agoA federal jury on Tuesday convicted three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility...
Ex-ComEd lawyer testifies request to put Juan Ochoa on utility’s board came from Michael Madigan
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe former general counsel for Commonwealth Edison testified Wednesday that he helped allies of...
Illinois regulators reject record rate increase requests from ComEd and Peoples Gas
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoChicago utility companies saw proposed rate increases and infrastructure improvement plans...
Capitol Fax: Paying for political privileges
Daily Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoComEd has long been a source of political patronage. The company’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with federal prosecutors even references how former...
Testimony ends in ‘ComEd Four’ bribery trial, with closing arguments expected next week
Chicago Tribune· 1 year agoAfter six weeks of evidence, closing arguments in the “ComEd Four” bribery trial, involving an...
Customers pay for IL utilities’ lawyers, corporate donations. Proposal would change that.
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIllinoisans pay tens of millions of dollars each year to utilities to cover costs they accrue for...
‘ComEd Four’ defense tries to turn Madigan ‘fear and intimidation’ testimony on its head
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJurors in the “ComEd Four” case have heard testimony that former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan ruled for decades by “fear and intimidation,” allegedly pulling strings behind the scenes ...
House passes bill to bar officials convicted of corruption from holding public office
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House passed a bill Friday that would bar anyone convicted of a felony,...
‘They scared the daylights out of you, didn’t they?’ Cross-examination underway for star witness in...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe prosecution’s star witness in the “ComEd Four” trial testified Wednesday that then-House Speaker Michael Madigan called upon the utility to raise $450,000 at its annual fundraiser for the ...
As ‘ComEd Four’ shifts to defense, FBI wiretaps could prove hard to overcome
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the “ComEd Four” trial shifts to the defense phase, one thing has become clear. The prosecution’s best testimony hasn’t come from the cooperators who lined up to testify about ComEd’s efforts ...