Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: ‘When people asked me for help … I tried to help them.’

Ten years after the FBI began its aggressive pursuit of corruption inside Illinois’ halls of power, toppling some of Chicago’s most entrenched old-school politicians, a defense attorney finally uttered five words Tuesday that could turn out to be a game-changer …

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Misuse of CPS emails by Mayor Lightfoot’s campaign could be repeated with elected school board: Report

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot didn’t fully cooperate with an investigation into emails sent by her mayoral campaign to Chicago Public Schools staff members that solicited student volunteers, according to the school district’s inspector general, but there’s no evidence CPS staff …

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