Mike Madigan trial live updates: McClain's defense wraps up closing arguments
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense team began their final presentation to the jury just after lunch Friday, ...
Smullen promotes bill allowing schools to opt-out of electric bus mandate
State Assemblyman Robert Smullen was in Albany Tuesday to promote a bill that would allow some school districts to opt out of ...
Friendship between Madigan and McClain became 'a casualty' of corruption case, lawyer says. 'But it was real'
Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the corruption trial of Michael Madigan and Michael McClain. Jurors are expected to ...
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie talks about fentanyl bill up for a test
The ordinance is up for a hearing Wednesday and Lurie is lobbying the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to approve the plan ...
HSGMC: 18 independents form Akal Panthak Morcha, get support from HSPD
Amid the ongoing lobbying among the Sikh groups to get majority for the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC), ...
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‘The Story Isn’t True’: Attorney for Madigan Co-Defendant Rejects Bribery Allegations in Closing Arguments
Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...
Trump orders ban foreign aid, rescind federal funds guidance for abortion
In a move that global health workers say will likely have devastating consequences for women and girls throughout the world, ...
Evidence in corruption case really just ‘lobbying and politics,’ attorney for Madigan confidant argues
Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of ex-speaker Michael Madigan, was a smart and diligent lobbyist who never agreed to or ...
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US Subsidiary of Chinese Chemical Conglomerate Gave $250,000 to Trump Inauguration
In November 2020, President Donald Trump, citing national security risks, barred Americans from investing in firms designated ...
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With moratorium on open pit mining in Alberta lifted, Piikani First Nation environmental group plans to keep fighting
The Mountain Valley Child Society from Piikani First Nation is not happy the Alberta government quietly rescinded a ...
Former CDTA head Basile hired by Albany lobbying firm
The former head of the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) has been hired as a senior advisor of an Albany ...