Madigan sentencing date remains Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's sentencing date remains set for June 13. That ...

Illinois lawmakers brace for budget cuts as federal uncertainty and falling revenue leave little room for new spending.

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s punishment of fellow Democrat Fred Crespo after he offered his own budget proposal was ...

"He's free to speak his mind. He's free to vote his conscience," House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch, said, but added that no ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan may no longer be physically present in Springfield to run the legislative show.

Speaking exclusively to Capitol News Illinois on Thursday, Welch, D-Hillside, said he removed Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will be sentenced June 13 after being convicted on 10 corruption counts last month. Jurors were deadlocked on six other counts against Madigan.

State Rep. Fred Crespo was ousted from his committee chairmanship by Democratic leadership that found he had failed to ...

Monday morning, state Rep. Fred Crespo woke up with his wife in his Hoffman Estates bedroom, not Springfield, “which is nice.

In addition to cutting hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, a massive bill passed by the House on Thursday would also prohibit the health insurance program from covering gender-affirming ...

Nearly three months after disgraced Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, federal prosecutors have heaped on new public allegations that he lied repeatedly while on ...