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The former head of AT&T Illinois bribed then-state House Speaker Michael J. Madiganto land the “white whale” that the utility and its top executive “had desperately wanted for the better part of a ...

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Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share The former head of AT&T Illinois bribed then-state House Speaker Michael J. Madigan to land the “white whale” that the utility and its top executive “had ...