CHICAGO - Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke was sentenced Monday to two years in prison and fined $2 million following his conviction on 13 political corruption charges last December. A federal ...

Ed Burke, Chicago's longest-serving alderman, reported to prison Monday. Burke said goodbye to family and friends before heading to Federal Correctional Institution Thomson in western Illinois ...

Federal prosecutors have made good on their much-anticipated promise to drop a federal bribery charge against former alderman Danny ... and long-time city alderman Ed Burke. Both men were ...

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More than thirty alderpersons have been convicted of corruption since 1973; 14th Ward alderman Edward Burke, the longest-serving member of the City Council, is currently preparing for his own federal ...

His recordings also helped prosecutors build the corruption case against former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charges against Solis in exchange for his cooperation.

ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan and ex-Alderman Edward Burke. In a long-anticipated move, federal prosecutors on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a one-count criminal information filed April 8 ...

Chicago’s longest-serving alderman Ed Burke will face up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced later this month. WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel shares what prosecutors and Burke’s defense team ...

Also during the news conference, Emanuel confirmed his meeting with Senior Alderman Ed Burke, but did not yet decide if he will recommend Burke to continue as chairman of the Chicago City Council ...

It turns out a federal extortion case wasn’t enough to unseat Chicago’s longest-serving alderman. Ed Burke, the dean of Chicago’s City Council, was re-elected Tuesday to his 13th term in ...