11-term New York speaker sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

07/21/2020

Sheldon Silver’s reign as speaker ended with corruption charges.

TAGS: bribery, corruption, new york

Ohio House speaker arrested on racketeering charges

07/21/2020

Larry Householder wields significant power as the House speaker in the Ohio State Legislature.

TAGS: corruption, federal investigation, Larry Householder, Ohio

Madigan subpoena shows far reach of federal investigation

07/20/2020

The Illinois House speaker was implicated in criminal charges filed against electrical company ComEd.

TAGS: ComEd, corruption, federal investigation, Mike Madigan

With feds circling Madigan, Illinoisans will vote on his power

By Austin Berg

07/20/2020

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's iron grip has five fingers: the rules, the party, the map, the law firm, and taxpayer-funded patronage.

TAGS: ComEd, corruption, federal investigation, JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan

Federal investigators digging deeper into Pritzker’s $331K property tax break

07/17/2020

Pritzker infamously removed toilets from his Gold Coast mansion in what the Cook County inspector general called a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers.

TAGS: corruption, JB Pritzker, property taxes

Democratic state senator calls on Madigan to resign

07/17/2020

Madigan was implicated in bribery charges filed against ComEd. Calls for his resignation are starting.

TAGS: bribery, ComEd, corruption, JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan

Madigan’s office served with grand jury subpoena

By Brad Weisenstein

07/17/2020

America’s longest-serving politician is at the center of a federal corruption investigation into lobbying, bribery and using ComEd for political patronage jobs.

TAGS: ComEd, corruption, Mike Madigan, patronage

Red-light camera vendor at heart of corruption probes gets PPP loan

07/08/2020

SafeSpeed has been involved in a federal investigation that has resulted in corruption charges against multiple Illinois politicians.

TAGS: corruption, COVID-19, PPP: Paycheck Protection Program, red light cameras, SafeSpeed

Who in Illinois received PPP loans?

By Brad Weisenstein

07/08/2020

27,412 loans for at least $150K were made in Illinois through the Payroll Protection Program. See who got what.

TAGS: coronavirus, corruption, COVID-19, jobs, PPP: Paycheck Protection Program

Investigation shows Madigan had heavy hand in filling state jobs for Pritzker

By Austin Berg

06/19/2020

Illinois public servants expect special privileges. And Gov. J.B. Pritzker is happy to oblige.

TAGS: corruption, JB Pritzker, Mike Madigan

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11-term New York speaker sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

Ohio House speaker arrested on racketeering charges

Madigan subpoena shows far reach of federal investigation

With feds circling Madigan, Illinoisans will vote on his power

Federal investigators digging deeper into Pritzker’s $331K property tax break

Democratic state senator calls on Madigan to resign

Madigan’s office served with grand jury subpoena

Red-light camera vendor at heart of corruption probes gets PPP loan

Who in Illinois received PPP loans?

Investigation shows Madigan had heavy hand in filling state jobs for Pritzker

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