ComEd execs joked Madigan co-defendant was ‘double agent,’ utility’s former top lawyer testifies

October 30, 2024 / Comments Off on ComEd execs joked Madigan co-defendant was ‘double agent,’ utility’s former top lawyer testifies

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – For decades, electric utility Commonwealth Edison renewed its contract with top Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain – in part because of…

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Illinois man awarded military honors including Purple Heart, Bronze Star at Governor’s Mansion

October 29, 2024 / Comments Off on Illinois man awarded military honors including Purple Heart, Bronze Star at Governor’s Mansion

Capitol News Illinois A Litchfield man was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Valor among other honors at the Governor’s Mansion on Monday.…

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Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a reaction from our Friend’

October 29, 2024 / Comments Off on Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a reaction from our Friend’

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – Commonwealth Edison’s top attorney was busy preparing for the General Assembly to take up major legislation the utility had spent…

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For Indiana woman, ‘worst-case scenario’ led her to Illinois for abortion care

October 28, 2024 / Comments Off on For Indiana woman, ‘worst-case scenario’ led her to Illinois for abortion care

Capitol News Illinois By Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle In the spring of 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the longstanding abortion protections established…

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State, Cook County use similar arguments to defend assault weapon bans

October 25, 2024 / Comments Off on State, Cook County use similar arguments to defend assault weapon bans

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Attorneys in the offices of Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made similar arguments in…

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‘My client is the speaker’: Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend

October 25, 2024 / Comments Off on ‘My client is the speaker’: Jury hears wiretapped calls of Madigan co-defendant, longtime friend

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – By early 2019, Mike McClain had been a fixture around the Statehouse in Springfield for the better part of 50…

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ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline

October 24, 2024 / Comments Off on ComEd exec testifies utility prepared for bankruptcy before 2011 law threw it a lifeline

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – In 2006, electric utility Commonwealth Edison was riding out the last year of a decadelong state-mandated rate freeze, which had…

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Noncitizen health care programs like Illinois’ draw presidential campaign attention

October 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Noncitizen health care programs like Illinois’ draw presidential campaign attention

Capitol News Illinois By Joanne Kenen KFF HEALTH NEWS [email protected] Maria Sanchez immigrated to the Chicago area from Mexico about 30 years ago. Now 87,…

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Feds ‘turned over heaven and earth’ in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says

October 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Feds ‘turned over heaven and earth’ in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – It was a day of déjà vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat…

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Madigan’s approach to power at center of opening statements in his corruption trial

October 22, 2024 / Comments Off on Madigan’s approach to power at center of opening statements in his corruption trial

Capitol News Illinois CHICAGO – On a hot Tuesday in July 2017, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan met with then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis at the…

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