Michael Madigan

In the final day of their spring legislative session, Illinois state lawmakers approved a state budget plan and sent gambling expansion and strip club...

A Republican Illinois state lawmaker on Tuesday screamed and threw papers into the air while decrying the state's Democrat-led pension reform bill tha...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Facing one of the nation's worst budget crises, the Democrats who run Illinois insist they're serious about overhauling the ...

A bill aimed at dismantling Illinois's abuse-ridden legislative scholarship program last week was approved by the state House, but its future in the S...

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) doesn't usually have to campaign much to defend his seat; but with a challenger from within his party ...

Illinois Rep. Michael Madigan's camp had an interesting response to allegations that the powerful House speaker was somehow responsible for slashing h...

Michele Piszczor is standing in the driveway of her Southwest Side home, pointing to a dent on the driver's side door. "My driver door is basicall...

U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh has been a vocal critic of everyone from President Obama to "typical" Republicans, and during a Tea Party meeting in Darien, Ill. ...

Citing constitutional concerns, several Illinois Democrats are pushing for a softer version of previously-approved state pension reform legislation --...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House sought to appease some big-name companies threatening to leave the state by approving a $330 million pack...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers are returning to the state Capitol for another try at passing tax relief for businesses, including some big na...

If Speaker Madigan does nothing on pensions and fiscal reform, the history of his political career is already written: three decades of power as the State of Illinois declined.

Though Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has his eye set on dismantling the state's abuse-ridden legislative scholarship program, House Speaker Michael Madigan ...

The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday that the overwhelming majority of Illinois legislators who voted for a narrowly-approved casino expansion bill, wh...

The hiring of a member of one of Illinois's most powerful families at a major state agency has Republicans up in arms. Jordan Matyas is a longtime lo...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers are taking a new look at expanded gambling as a way to reduce the state's massive budget deficit. Lawmak...

Legislative leaders in Springfield are readying a mammoth education reform package aimed primarily at curtailing the power of the state's teachers unions, a shocking turn of events.

Today, Illinois lawmakers begin their six-day veto session before breaking for Thanksgiving--and they have a lot on their plate. Many Illinois resid...

Democrat Joe Berrios won the hotly contested Cook County Assessor race Tuesday, defeating Independent Forrest Claypool. Berrios currently serves on ...

Lobbyist Jordan Matyas -- who has since married the speaker's daughter Tiffany Madigan -- helped the attorney general's staff write the legislation, w...

In a city where parking costs a bundle, parking tickets seem to come in twos and traffic is jammed around the clock, it isn't surprising that many res...

Pity Todd Stroger, the embattled Cook County Board chief who, having served the machine faithfully, is now being tossed under the bus as voters turn their ire on tax-happy politicians.

As usual, many Illinois politicians had a rough few days. Below, check out the first installment of Chicago Losers of the Week, and vote on who you th...

Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool, a Democrat running as an independent for county assessor, will take on insider Joe Berrios in November.

As the gay marriage debate continues across the country, the gay community in Illinois has yet to see much progress on the issue--and one state repres...