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Madigan swayed U. of I. to admit relatives of allies, donors

August 22, 2021 at 10:03 p.m.

House Speaker Michael Madigan swayed the University of Illinois to admit the relatives of public officials, political allies and donors who contributed $115,200 to campaign funds he controls, a Tribune...

Cullerton voted for banking bill that would help clients of his law firm

June 17, 2018 at 8:32 p.m.

Faced with an onslaught of lawsuits over their lending practices, Illinois banks turned to state lawmakers to help clean up the mess. In a 58-0 vote that took just 94...

Recounts on the minds of candidates and voters

August 22, 2021 at 8:13 p.m.

With two razor-thin statewide races hanging in the balance, the normally mundane task of counting votes in a few straggling precincts came under a spotlight Wednesday in Cook County and...

City hits historic low for voters in primary

August 22, 2021 at 8:01 p.m.

In the run-up to the Illinois primary on Tuesday, some were predicting that outrage over recession, corruption, crushing deficits and endless partisan bickering would lead to a flood of voters...

Madigan’s kind of town

June 18, 2018 at 10:56 p.m.

Not long after developer Anthony Rossi got City Hall approval for a much-needed zoning change in downtown Chicago, he received a surprising phone call from the speaker of the Illinois...

Madigan’s kind of town

August 22, 2021 at 9:57 p.m.

Not long after developer Anthony Rossi got City Hall approval for a much-needed zoning change in downtown Chicago, he received a surprising phone call from the speaker of the Illinois...

The Madigan Rules

December 23, 2018 at 6:18 p.m.

In his rise to the pinnacle of Illinois politics, House Speaker Michael J. Madigan built a reputation for wielding control over every bill, every budget line and every Democratic representative...

Jerrilind Adams holds a photo of her mother and father in her home in Hendersonville, N.C.

Daughter finally gets details of mother’s death in 1967

June 18, 2018 at 11:03 p.m.

Jerrilind Adams was seven months old when her mother died. She knows very little about what happened when a man being chased by police plowed into her mother's car in...

Illinois open-records bill passed by House

January 30, 2019 at 4:36 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a compromise rewrite of the open records law aimed at making it easier for the public to get information from state...

House OKs records bill

January 30, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

The Illinois House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a compromise rewrite of the open records law aimed at making it easier for the public to get information from state and local...

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