Mapes, a key member of Madigan’s inner circle who for years served as the speaker’s borderline-tyrannical gatekeeper, is about to go on trial on perjury charges.

Tim Mapes’ attorneys argue recordings are unusable hearsay or irrelevant, including one about former Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa.

Three years after a bribery case unveiled against ComEd blew the lid off the investigation into then-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a judge dismissed the charges against the utility as part of a deferred prosecution agreement.

Federal prosecutors call efforts by Michael Madigan's lawyers to suppress evidence in bombshell racketeering case "totally baseless."

A 65-page filing comes as prosecutors are seeking to play many of the recordings at Tim Mapes’ trial next month.

Saying the Shakman case is older than he is, judge ends case that was first filed in 1969 during the era of Mayor Richard J. Daley.

A federal court hearing on Thursday could finish a case that began in 1969, in the era of Mayor Richard J. Daley.

The son of the former House assistant majority leader receives prison time for failing to file tax returns.

On Wednesday, state Rep. Bob Rita, a 20-year veteran of the House whose district encompasses parts of Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs, is scheduled to take another turn as a government witness, this time in the bribery trial of politically connected businessman James Weiss.