Appeals court upholds corruption conviction of ex-Speaker Michael Madigan, calls evidence ‘overwhelming’ • Aldermen press Johnson administration over new budget consulting contract, revenue projections
The Spin Monday, April 27, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Mayor Brandon Johnson nominated former high-ranking federal prosecutor David Glockner to be Chicago’s next inspector general Monday. | | | | | A federal appeals court in Chicago on Monday upheld the corruption conviction for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, brushing aside his arguments that schemes to help utility giant ComEd and trade favors with then-Ald. Daniel Solis were everyday politics. | | | | | City revenues are “tracking very closely to budget” so far this year, Budget Director Annette Guzman told aldermen. | | | | | U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, asked U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick for help in ending the United Steelworkers Local 7-1 lockout at the BP Whiting refinery. | | | | | Gov. JB Pritzker launched a commission to scrutinize federal immigration agents’ actions during the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz earlier this fall. | | | | | The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. | | | | | Jimmy Kimmel delivered the attack on the first lady at a special version of his show Thursday night that included his version of a fake monologue for the White House Correspondents' Dinner. | | | | | The rapid pivot to attacking Norah O’Donnell suggests any truce in Trump’s signature war with the press will be short-lived at best. | | | |