"I told them where I was and what I was doing," Madigan said. "I literally said the words stage four lung cancer and in Seattle."

Devin Madigan was sentenced in a Bangor courtroom on Wednesday. He was also ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution.

A former Caribou resident will serve eight years in prison for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse images.

Hooker and three others were convicted in May 2023 of a conspiracy to illegally sway former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

On the same day one of his co-defendants was sentenced to prison, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asked a federal judge to permit him to remain free until his case has been reviewed by a higher court.

John Hooker, one of the four former Commonwealth Edison officials convicted of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The sentence is well below the recommendation from federal prosecutors of 56 months.

Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked for nearly six years in prison for former ComEd lobbyist Michael McClain, whose unique position as a confidant to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan was at

As the process to select Baltimore County’s next inspector general winds down, three candidates will undergo a final round of interviews, according to a statement posted on the county

Ald. Matt Martin (47th Ward) will ask the Ethics Committee on Monday to advance a proposal designed to prevent the city’s top lawyer from intervening in ongoing probes that risk “embarrassment or political consequences” for city leaders.