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Longest-serving state legislative leader exploited the public trust, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors are telling a jury that former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan repeatedly exploited his public role for private benefit

The Independent UK

Illinois probe reveals rampant sexual abuse in Catholic Church

The report names 451 clerics and religious brothers with substantiated claims of sexual abuse against them in the US.

Al Jazeera

Illinois attorney general to discuss four-year investigation of sexual abuse in Catholic clergy

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is set to discuss his office’s more than four-year investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state going back decades

The Independent UK

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Catholic church in Illinois vastly underreported clergy sex abuse, Kwame Raoul finds

At the start of a five-year investigation by the attorney general, Cardinal Blase Cupich told seminarians the Archdiocese of Chicago had “posted all of the names” of predatory clergy. As the investigation neared its end, Cupich kept adding names.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois attorney general to discuss investigation of Catholic clergy sexual abuse

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is set to discuss his office’s more than four-year investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state going back decades

The Independent UK

Michael Hiltzik: The FTC is pushing new rights for workers. Big business is pitching a fit, of course

Whenever a government agency proposes a regulation that might help workers by reining in an employer abuse, you can count on some heavy breathing from the big business lobby.

Los Angeles Times

Madigan’s downfall sparks new career for former aide: Selling weed in Michigan

Mike Noonan was the consummate Illinois political insider. He now runs a “budtique” in southwestern Michigan.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Mike Madigan ally Michael McClain complained to ex-speaker’s son about people ‘offended’ by favors, new filing reveals

Michael Madigan’s son Andrew has not been accused of wrongdoing. But his name was made public Thursday as allegedly taking part in a conversation tied to his father’s bribery charges.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Fighting corruption should be a top priority for Illinois AG. Steve Kim has the right resume

The last time a Republican held the office of Illinois attorney general, Mayor Richard M. Daley was firmly ensconced in his reign, the musical “Chicago” had become a box office smash and the shoe bomber, Richard Reid, pleaded guilty to trying to take down an American Airlines flight over the…

Chicago Tribune

All in the family: Pols keep working to get relatives elected to office

If this sounds like an echo of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, who used his influence in 2002 to help elect his daughter Lisa Madigan attorney general, that’s because it is.

Chicago Sun-Times

House Speaker Chris Welch aiming to get a relative elected, as his predecessor Michael Madigan did

And ShawnTe Raines-Welch isn’t the only clout candidate running in the suburban judicial district, which also includes relatives of lobbyist Al Ronan and Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.

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