CHICAGO — Michael J. Madigan stepped onto Illinois’ public stage as a young man in the late 1960s, when he was elected as one of 118 delegates to the state constitutional convention in Springfield.

U.S. Senator Cory Booker spoke out on June 11, 2025, about Sean "Diddy" Combs' sensational federal trial that is taking place in Lower Manhattan.

Madigan was the longest-serving state House leader in U.S. history, spending 36 years as speaker of the Illinois House of ...