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Former Illinois lawmaker gets a year in prison for cheating on her taxes
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 minutes agoA federal judge sentenced former Illinois Sen. Annazette Collins to a year in prison Friday for cheating on her taxes in a case with ties to the same investigation that snared ...
‘No agreement to commit a crime’: Ex-Speaker Madigan’s legal team previews likely defense in...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDefense attorneys in the federal racketeering case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...
Ed Burke to be sentenced next week
Crain s Chicago Business· 2 hours agoEd Burke’s request to delay his sentencing on racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion charges. The 80-year-old will be sentenced as scheduled on June 24. Sentencing has been delayed for ...
Afternoon Briefing: Hinsdale car wash may close to settle lawsuit from victim’s family
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGood afternoon, Chicago. Defense attorneys in the federal racketeering case against former Illinois...
'Game of subtraction': Illinois GOP reeling after chairman's resignation
WFLD via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThey currently hold no statewide constitutional offices and are in super-minority status in the Statehouse - despite a scandal that pushed former Democratic House Speaker ...
Still need your landline? California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug
The Raw Story· 7 hours agoThis story was originally published by CalMatters, nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining...
GOP Chair Don Tracy calls it quits
Politico· 1 day agoIt addresses whether a federal bribery statute should criminalize gratuities without any quid pro quo agreement. It’s at the heart of the case involving...
Ed Burke seeks sentencing delay
Crain s Chicago Business· 7 days agoEd Burke is asking a federal judge to delay his upcoming sentencing until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the appeal of a corruption case involving the former mayor of Portage, Ind. Burke’s ...
Jim Dey: Campaign funds helping Chicago mayor to look good
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJun. 17—Check out Chicago's new mayor. He's sporting an expensive, if not necessarily improved, new look. That's because Mayor Brandon Johnson is spending big money from his campaign treasury ...
Jim Dey: Dems asking high court to approve their last-minute rule change
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 19—Who says you can't change the rules in the middle of the game? Actually, most people who accept the concept of fair and balanced competition say exactly that. But they are not Democrats ...