Senate Week in Review: June 24-28, 2024
June 28, 2024
Illinois’ Culture of Corruption in the Headlines SPRINGFIELD – Democrat Ed Burke—Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, a longtime ally of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, and a towering figure in city politics—has been sentenced to prison time in the latest of a long history of high-profile corruption cases to rock Illinois. Burke, who used his significant influence to steer business to