Afternoon Briefing: Women shot in Cicero domestic dispute identified

Good afternoon, Chicago.

Nearly two years after his indictment on federal racketeering charges, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is finally scheduled to appear in court today — and apparently in person.

Madigan, the former leader of the state Democratic Party, had been told to appear virtually for a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey over whether his landmark trial should be postponed pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in a Chicago-area bribery case.

Blakey had originally ordered both Madigan and his co-defendant, longtime confidant Michael McClain, to appear in person, but later allowed a video appearance. Madigan, however, was spotted in the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse this afternoon.

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