John Hooker, one of the four former Commonwealth Edison officials convicted of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker ...

Former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years and fined $2.5 million for corruption in a landmark ...

Hooker and three others were convicted in May 2023 of a conspiracy to illegally sway former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until ...

Federal prosecutors are recommending nearly six years in prison for ex-Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, the longtime friend ...

John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison. Hooker, co-defendants, were convicted for roles in bribing ex-Speaker Madigan.

Lawyers for the 77-year-old McClain asked for probation. They cited the possibility that he could "die alone in prison" and ...