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Revenues expected with new casino opening Monday in Chicago Southland
Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino is scheduled to open Monday morning in East Hazel Crest, after the Illinois Gaming Board gave its approval on Friday. Wind Creek is Illinois' 16th casino, the final ...
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Jury sees relentless ComEd job placement requests from Madigan co-defendant
Mike McClain, the former top contract lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse ...
Madigan jurors hear ally complaining to speaker's son about those who don’t get ‘what happens when you’re in this game’
In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan; son Andrew ...
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Day 12 of Madigan Trial
That former lobbyist, Fidel Marquez, was the recipient of most of the emails pressuring ComEd to hire the Madigan allies.
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ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to ‘keep Madigan happy,’ not mess with no-work contracts
The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...
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‘They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan’: Feds’ star witness takes stand
Former executive Fidel Marquez testified that ComEd agreed to pay the Michael Madigan allies to the powerful speaker in ...
Mike Madigan trial live updates: Star witness testifies in former Illinois House speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted ...
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Madigan co-defendant’s lawyer tells jury legal lobbying is not bribery, says feds’ view ‘just wrong’
CHICAGO — A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of bribery and corruption against the pair attempt to criminalize ...
ComEd lobbyist warned FBI mole to ‘keep Madigan happy’ and not mess with no-work contracts
The FBI wasted no time giving Fidel Marquez his first assignment after the chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...
‘They are offended when people ask for favors. Hello?’: Jurors in Madigan trial hear wiretap about pressure in political hires
Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday heard a wiretapped phone call where the ...
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Secret recordings give Madigan jurors look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd in exchange for favorable treatment of the utility’s bills in Springfield.