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Cook County Commissioner William Beavers and his attorneys appeared in court Monday.

Illinois' 2nd Congressional District hasn't been represented by someone who didn't end up in serious trouble in more than three decades. That hangs over residents as they go to the polls Tuesday for a special primary for U.S. Rep Jesse Jackson Jr.'s replacement.

 A federal judge in Chicago has put the brakes on attempts to investigate whether federal agents lied about a key witness in the case against an Illinois lawmaker.

The bribery case of an Illinois lawmaker may take a rare step this week. Attorneys are scheduled to debate whether federal authorities lied about the background of a key witness who secretly recorded Illinois State Rep. Derrick Smith.

Judge Coleman ruled she would hold a rare hearing into whether law enforcement knowingly lied about a main witness in the Derrick Smith case.

Former Illinois powerbroker William Cellini has reported to an Indiana federal prison to begin serving a year-long sentence for corruption.

Researchers are releasing a study that cites 300 cases of Chicago police officers convicted of serious crimes.