Overview
- Illinois Supreme Court removed Michael Madigan from the roll of attorneys after he consented to disbarment following his federal corruption conviction.
- Madigan, 83, is serving a 7.5-year sentence and reported Oct. 13 to a federal facility in Morgantown, West Virginia, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
- Gov. J. B. Pritzker reported that the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program erased nearly $430 million in medical debt during its first year.
- The FY2026 state budget includes a $15 million reappropriation to purchase and forgive qualifying medical debt for eligible Illinois residents.
- A federal jury in Chicago convicted Houston resident Robert Dunlap of two counts of mail fraud tied to a crypto scheme that took at least $14 million from nearly 1,000 investors, with sentencing set for Feb. 17, 2026.