Veteran state politics reporters Dave McKinney and Amanda Vinicky join Brian Mackey to talk through the biggest story of the year in Illinois government and politics: the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Illinois politics has a deep culture of corruption. We’ll talk with one of the reporters behind a new Chicago Tribune series that tries to answer why.

To explain the history of the case and what's been happening in court, The 21st was joined by a pair of journalists who have been following the story.

State Representative Luis Arroyo has resigned, one week after his arrest on federal bribery charges.