The ‘Make Michael Madigan Money Plan’ was powerful speaker’s focus, feds argue in waning days of corruption trial
In his testimony earlier this month, former House Speaker Michael Madigan cast himself as a champion of the working class, a consensus-builder who used his power to bring people together on ...
Prosecutors describe 'Make Mike Madigan Money Plan'
Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.
East Chicago man acquitted in couple’s murder
A jury acquitted an East Chicago man Thursday in a couple’s 2021 murder. Gary Shanklin, 23, was charged in the Oct. 13, 2021 deaths of Nalisha D. Martin, 43, of Hammond, and Christopher Burks, 52, of ...