Illinois
Dueling views of Madigan's power
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan used his perch at the very top of state politics to betray the public trust, federal prosecutors said in opening statements at Madigan’s public corruption trial Monday, as Madigan's defense challenged that as
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan may have spent decades at the pinnacle of Illinois politics, but at his core he was simply a soft-spoken, nonconfrontational Southwest Side guy trying to advance his party’s blue-collar agenda, Madigan’s lawyer to... [9839 chars]