Michael J. Madigan — actually did land randomly at the bench of a judge nicknamed the “Son of RICO.” U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey turned 5 the year his father G. Robert Blakey’s ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the state’s most powerful politician during his nearly four-decade reign, was found guilty on federal corruption charges in a split verdict.

A federal judge Monday granted a new trial on some counts in the “ComEd Four” case alleging a wide-ranging plot to illegally influence then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, saying the Supreme ...