Dave McKinney | WBEZ

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois history. The feds summoned 50 witnesses to a 12th-floor courtroom in their bid to prove Madigan and Michael McClain guilty of “corruption at the highest levels of state government.”

The arguments follow 11 weeks of testimony in which jurors heard from 63 witnesses. Most notable among them was Michael Madigan himself. He testified for nearly 12 hours over four days earlier this month. His co-defendant, Michael McClain, opted not to testify.

One of Illinois’ most powerful politicians is on trial. Get caught up on the critical points.

The week began with Michael Madigan’s attorneys insisting no one had the right to speak for the speaker — that Madigan was “ignorant” of what people said behind his back. His chief ally, Michael McClain, is on trial with him.

A top board official says the courts, not the election board, would determine if Trump’s ties to the insurrection disqualify him from being on the ballot.

As he gears up for re-election, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker served up a $45.4 billion spending outline Wednesday that was heavy on tax relief and bolstered his campaign narrative that the state’s historically glum finances have turned rosy during his watch.