Ray Gibson

Pleading guilty Thursday to attempted extortion, a prominent Democratic fundraiser said he was told that a "high-ranking Illinois public official" was behind a kickback scheme that steered state pension-fund investments...

Amid a federal investigation, the head of the state teacher pension fund said Thursday that officials will consider banning outside consulting deals like the one that netted the national Republican...

Mayor Richard Daley's administration illegally doled out city jobs to reward campaign workers for the mayor and other politicians in a "massive fraud" that spanned City Hall for more than...

Criminal complaints filed Monday in U.S. District Court against two men with strong ties to the 11th Ward take aim at patronage--the political lifeblood of this Daley-controlled political organization, one...

A wealthy political insider who played an influential role on a state hospital oversight board was accused in a federal indictment Monday of using his clout to profit on suburban...

More than a year after federal officials began investigating Chicago's scandal-ridden Hired Truck Program, the probe has reached the office of Mayor Richard Daley. Investigators used search warrants to seize...