John Doe 30 didn’t realize he was a sex abuse victim until he read a news article about Maj. Michael Stockin, an Army doctor he had seen for pain management at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

A veteran prosecutor who played a key role in the recent trials of ex-Ald. Edward Burke and former House Speaker Michael ...

Imagine Chicago and Illinois without an effective local U.S. attorney’s office over the years. Michael Madigan, we believe, still would be Illinois House speaker. Ed Burke likely would be preening ...

The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...

Who’s paying?: Areas like the Near West Side, Logan Square and Bronzeville have been particularly hard hit by rising taxes, ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered a unique state budget address. Sure, he included topics conventionally covered in such speeches — like revenue projections and an outline of some spending ...

The values are going down downtown. Residential is going to take on a greater share of the tax bill,” an expert says, which ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud ...

The name James Snyder, a former mayor of Portage, Ind., doesn't mean much to Illinoisans. But it should. It's reverberating throughout the Land of Lincoln. Snyder was convicted of bribery in ...

The lead federal prosecutor in the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is stepping down.