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State Week: Feds Tie Madigan To ComEd Bribery Scheme

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Bill Wheelhouse, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published July 17, 2020 at 2:22 PM CDT
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This week, the major electric utility ComEd agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into long-running bribery scheme that implicates Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.  Meanwhile, Governor J.B. Pritzker adjusted some aspects of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Michael MadigancorruptionU.S. AttorneyCommonwealth EdisonComEdJ.B. Pritzkerutility companiescoronavirusCOVID-19Restore IllinoisIllinois schools
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Bill is a former general manager, economy reporter, Harvest correspondent and Statehouse Bureau Chief for NPR Illinois. He has won several awards including the Associated Press Best Investigative Reporter.
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The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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