Tim Mapes

Judge tells Mapes his ‘loyalty was greatly misguided’ in lying to grand jury investigating former speaker

Tim Mapes was charged with lying to a grand jury investigating Madigan and his inner circle.

Deliberations begin in obstruction of justice and perjury trial of Tim Mapes.

The jury was shown evidence that Mapes’ communications with Mike McClain contradicted previous testimony.

Tim Mapes’ perjury and obstruction of justice trial begins with opening statements.

A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted former House Speaker Mike Madigan’s longtime chief of staff for lying under oath during the grand jury’s…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker presents his budget to the General Assembly, WBEZ reports on another trove of emails to and from Speaker Michael Madigan's top aides,…

For our Thanksgiving-week episode, we take a step back from the day-to-day workings of state government to go deep on the federal investigation swirling…

More details come out about FBI raids on the home and offices of state Sen. Martin Sandoval. The Legislative inspector general is out with two reports…

An investigative report released this week shows an atmosphere of bullying, intimidation, and sexual harassment in the Illinois statehouse. Also, Governor…