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Chicago Tribune: Feds draw near House Speaker Michael Madigan as key confidant weighs cooperation choice others have faced in Illinois corruption cases
Federal prosecutors reached the doorstep of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan last week by indicting one of the powerful Democrat’s oldest and most trusted friends in an alleged extensive bribery scheme involving Commonwealth Edison.
But like other major political corruption cases before it, a key question remains when it comes to the charges against Michael McClain.
State Journal-Register: Houlihan joins chorus urging Madigan to step down as Democratic chair
Even if House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, doesn’t get another term leading his legislative chamber, he’s still chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois until the spring of 2022 unless he exits early.
And Bill Houlihan, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, is among those who think he should step down from his party post.
ABC 7 Chicago: Commercial real estate struggles with delinquent property tax payments during pandemic
Property taxes are a big burden right now, and it’s not just families struggling to pay their bills. Shopping malls and hotels are also coming up short.
Counties across the Chicago-area have been offering homeowners extra time to pay their property taxes, but what about bigger buildings?