Columnist Rich Miller gives his take on the outcome of Mike Madigan's federal trial, just as former Gov. Rod Blagojevich gains attention as a potential U.S. ambassador.

Illinois corruption takes center stage as Michael Madigan is convicted of bribery and Rod Blagojevich gets a pardon. Plus, why a project to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes is on hold.

Meanwhile, Sen. Dick Durbin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Vice President JD Vance's assertion ...

Rod Blagojevich was freed from a federal prison in Colorado in February 2020, 16 months after former President Donald Trump commuted the 14-year sentence of the former Illinois Gov. Nearly five years ...

The White House has insisted that its new tariffs would equalize the ability of the U.S. and foreign manufacturers to compete. The European Union, for example, has an average VAT of 21.8 percent, ...

Blago pardon is terrible ...