Federal judge tells longtime insider it was “imperative to wipe away the notion” that his actions were merely lobbying a ...

A former executive for electric utility ComEd has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois ...

Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 in U.S. District Court on Monday, according to the U.S.

Hooker and three others were convicted in May 2023 of a conspiracy to illegally sway former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

John Hooker, one of the four former Commonwealth Edison officials convicted of conspiring to bribe ex-Illinois House Speaker ...

Former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for his role in a scheme to funnel $1.3 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A former ComEd lobbyist was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison. John Hooker will be on supervised release for six months after the sentence is completed. He also has to pay a ...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin addressed the effect a federal rescissions vote will have on public broadcasting in Illinois. Plus, 18 ...

John Hooker, one of the “ComEd Four”, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a bribery scheme involving former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

As sentencing proceeds for four people convicted in the ComEd Four trial, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan plans ...

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are asking for nearly five years in prison for former ComEd executive John Hooker, saying in a filing Monday he “corrupted the highest levels of state government ...