Prosecutors indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on 22 counts of corruption Tuesday.

U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. announced the charges Tuesday afternoon, connecting Madigan to the nearly decade-long bribery scheme utility Commonwealth Edison admitted to in the summer of 2020.

CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said Wednesday that the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is a much bigger deal than the indictment and conviction of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

This is because of just how powerful Madigan was in Illinois.

Suburban politicians from both sides of the aisle are hopeful Wednesday’s indictment of former longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will lead to widespread operational changes within the state’s legislature.

Federal prosecutors announced 22 counts against Madigan and former Madigan aide Michael McClain Wednesday in a 106-page indictment alleging the two men conspired to operate a “criminal enterprise for nearly a decade” also involving utility giant ComEd.

Mike Madigan, long considered the state’s most powerful politician, was indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering and bribery charges after a years-long investigation.

Here is the federal criminal indictment against the former Illinois House speaker.

As face-covering requirements continue to lift throughout Illinois, Chicago Public Schools officials say classrooms are expected make masks optional for students and teachers “in the near future.”

According to a statement from CPS, schools would ease COVID-19 restrictions due to the low number of positive cases across the district and declining hospitalization rates.

With record inflation, Illinois officials are pointing in different directions to ease the burden on consumers.

Illinoisans are paying record gas prices, and an industry expert says President Joe Biden’s plan to release oil reserves may not help that much.