A federal jury has resumed deliberations Wednesday in the bribery trial of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of funneling payments to an ally of Michael Madigan to win the powerful speaker’s support for key legislation in Springfield.

A federal jury in Chicago is deliberating the case of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of bribing powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

The jury of eight women and four men began deliberating at about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday in the case of Paul La Schiazza, the former head of AT&T Illinois.

A federal jury on Tuesday began deliberating in the case of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, accused in a scheme to bribe ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan to win the powerful Democrat’s support for legislation in Springfield.

Federal prosecutors showed the email during the wind-down of Paul La Schiazza’s trial on Monday, in which the former AT&T president is accused of bribing Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan via an alleged do-nothing consulting contract for a political ally worth $22,

Good afternoon, Chicago. In the end, after all the sweating by AT&T President Paul La Schiazza over House Speaker Michael Madigan’s power to block favorable legislation and all the handwringing over secretly hiring a Madigan ally to win the speaker’s influence,

Opening statements are set for Wednesday morning in the trial of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of funneling payments to an acolyte of then-House Speaker Michael