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Alaina Hampton, left, standing with her attorneys Jeffrey Kulwin and Rachel Katz, March 22, 2018 in Chicago.

Ex-campaign worker sues Madigan fund, Democratic Party, says reporting sexual harassment hurt her career

May 15, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

The campaign worker who disrupted House Speaker Michael Madigan’s political operations with sexual harassment allegations against a top lieutenant has filed a federal lawsuit, saying her decision to report the...

LaVern Sanders, outside her Rockford home on March 15, 2018, was a legislative aide to Litesa Wallace who says her sexual harassment complaint was ignored. Sanders believes she was subject to retaliation over the accusation.

Illinois lieutenant governor candidate linked to harassment complaint on list compiled by Speaker Madigan

May 15, 2019 at 4:47 p.m.

A former staffer for State Rep. Litesa Wallace — the running mate of Democratic governor candidate Daniel Biss — says Wallace ignored her sexual harassment complaint involving a community leader...

Former Wheaton College football player sues school, former teammates over hazing incident

May 23, 2019 at 12:38 a.m.

A former Wheaton College football player is suing the school and seven ex-teammates, alleging campus officials knew about the team’s hazing tradition and did nothing to prevent an attack in...

Michael Madigan wouldn’t intervene in domestic battery case involving Democratic candidate, woman says

May 15, 2019 at 4:46 p.m.

The woman who accused state Rep. Robert Rita of domestic battery 16 years ago said Thursday that her father had pleaded in vain with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to...

State Rep. Robert Rita listens to questions during a hearing Oct. 9, 2014, at Bilandic Building in Chicago. As he runs for re-election this year, 15-year-old charges of domestic battery and criminal trespass — of which he was acquitted — have resurfaced.

Domestic battery case resurfaces as longtime Democratic lawmaker Robert Rita faces primary challenge

May 23, 2019 at 12:35 a.m.

Fifteen years ago, a jury acquitted state Rep. Robert Rita after a woman he had dated accused him of barging into her house in Evergreen Park, pulling her to the...

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan with his attorney, Heather Wier Vaught, on Feb. 13, 2018, in Springfield. In an interivew, Wier Vaught said she regrets she didn't react faster after a female campaign worker reported unwanted advances and messages from a Madigan loyalist.

Madigan’s lawyer defends how he handled harassment complaints as major case snares spotlight

May 15, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

The attorney charged with looking into the sexual harassment complaint that rocked House Speaker Michael Madigan’s Democratic organization acknowledged she regrets she didn’t react faster after a female campaign worker...

Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer, left, at a Feb. 23, 2016, protest related to the police shooting of Laquan McDonald.

Slain police commander laid to rest with stories of selflessness, harsh words for suspect

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

With Bridgeport draped in blue Saturday to honor slain Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer, the city laid the fallen officer to rest with stories of his selflessness and harsh words...

Liza Franklin, pictured in 2015, has resigned from her position as head of the Chicago Law Department's civil rights litigation division, several sources said.

Law Department supervisor loses job after city’s latest failure to turn over evidence in police misconduct cases

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

The head of the Chicago Law Department’s civil rights litigation division lost her job last week after a federal judge excoriated the city’s record of failing to turn over evidence...

Naperville family starts foundation in memory of son who killed himself after school discipline

May 23, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

Doug and Maureen Walgren knew almost immediately after their son’s suicide that they wanted to do something to honor his memory. They just weren’t sure what form it would or...

Then-newly elected College of DuPage board Chairwoman Kathy Hamilton attends a board meeting April 30, 2015. Hamilton left the college's board of trustees for "personal reasons" just months after she became its chairwoman.

Strategist touted volunteer work for College of DuPage while chairwoman secretly paid his son’s tuition to Georgetown

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

When former College of DuPage board Chairwoman Kathy Hamilton ordered the school to hire her political strategist as a special assistant to the president, she and the strategist repeatedly described...

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