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Chicago Tribune
3 days ago
- Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Dangerous heat expected this week
Good afternoon, Chicago. After a spell of rain and cooler weather, high temperatures will roll across Chicago and the suburbs later this week. Dangerously high heat and humidity are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, with the National Weather Service issuing a extreme heat watch today. A heat watch indicates that the weather is right for high temperatures in the Chicago area but has yet to occur. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History Once a rising corporate star, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for her role in an elaborate scheme to funnel more than $1.3 million and other perks to associates of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for help with the utility's ambitious legislative agenda. Read more here. More top news stories: Adient, a leading global manufacturer of auto seats, is investing more than $8 million to repurpose an 85,000 square-foot-warehouse adjacent to the Rivian plant to make front and rear seats for the EVs. Read more here. More top business stories: The White Sox hadn't won their first three games coming out of the All-Star break since 2005. Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman helped the 2025 Sox accomplish that feat yesterday. Read more here. More top sports stories: Perhaps in an effort to rest his pipes, Lyle Lovett allocated plenty of time for banter and dialogue. He talked. And talked. He shared memories of his first Chicago appearance at Park West in 1988. He gushed about his 8-year-old twins. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in Texas's southern tip for decades — are unwilling to leave their homes, even for necessary medical care. Read more here. More top stories from around the world:
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Mark Herr Communications Issues Statement Regarding the Sentencing of Anne Pramaggiore
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 21, 2025-- Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore, the only female CEO in the company's history, who turned around a failing electric utility and turned it into one of the country's best while cutting rates four times and reducing outages to historic lows, released the following statement today through a spokesman, Mark Herr Communications: Statement We are disappointed by the sentence imposed today. It is nearly impossible to reconcile the sentence– two years in prison – with the federal Probation Department's recommendation of no jail time and probation. The sentence is even harder to fathom when the bribery charges were vacated by the Court after the Supreme Court ruled in Snyder and the Government did not seek to retry those counts. With no bribery conviction, the sentence rests solely on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act allegations. There is nothing foreign or corrupt about the facts here. In February when President Trump paused FCPA enforcement, he said the law 'has been systematically, and to a steadily increasing degree, stretched beyond proper bounds and abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States.' That has happened here. Ms. Pramaggiore faces jail despite the documents at issue being true. Chicago is not a foreign jurisdiction. Ms. Pramaggiore, a civic leader, trailblazing electric utilities executive, the only female CEO in Commonwealth Edison's history -- and an innocent woman -- will appeal the verdict and sentence to the Seventh Circuit and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court. View source version on CONTACT: Media Mark Herr [email protected] 203-517-8957 KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA ILLINOIS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: LEGAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOURCE: Mark Herr Communications Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 07/21/2025 02:08 PM/DISC: 07/21/2025 02:08 PM
Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Mark Herr Communications Issues Statement Regarding the Sentencing of Anne Pramaggiore
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore, the only female CEO in the company's history, who turned around a failing electric utility and turned it into one of the country's best while cutting rates four times and reducing outages to historic lows, released the following statement today through a spokesman, Mark Herr Communications: Statement We are disappointed by the sentence imposed today. It is nearly impossible to reconcile the sentence– two years in prison – with the federal Probation Department's recommendation of no jail time and probation. The sentence is even harder to fathom when the bribery charges were vacated by the Court after the Supreme Court ruled in Snyder and the Government did not seek to retry those counts. With no bribery conviction, the sentence rests solely on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act allegations. There is nothing foreign or corrupt about the facts here. In February when President Trump paused FCPA enforcement, he said the law 'has been systematically, and to a steadily increasing degree, stretched beyond proper bounds and abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States.' That has happened here. Ms. Pramaggiore faces jail despite the documents at issue being true. Chicago is not a foreign jurisdiction. Ms. Pramaggiore, a civic leader, trailblazing electric utilities executive, the only female CEO in Commonwealth Edison's history -- and an innocent woman -- will appeal the verdict and sentence to the Seventh Circuit and, if necessary, to the Supreme Court.
CBS News
3 days ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore sentenced to 2 years for bribery charges linked to Michael Madigan
Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore was sentenced to two years in prison Monday for bribery charges connected to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Pramaggiore was one of the "ComEd Four" that were convicted last year of charges of conspiracy, bribery and falsifying documents. Prosecutors accused Pramaggiore, former lobbyist Michael McClain, retired ComEd vice president John Hooker and former consultant Jay Doherty of using their influence to reward Madigan and his associates for about eight years beginning in 2011. In return, prosecutors said Madigan would help them pass legislation beneficial to ComEd. Sentencing was delayed as the defendants tried to get a federal judge to dismiss all charges against them after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a ruling that narrowed the scope for federal criminal anti-corruption laws, but it did not work. Monday Pramaggiore was sentenced to 24 months in prison and a $750,000 fine. Last week, Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Madigan was convicted of bribery, conspiracy and fraud charges in a separate trial and sentenced to a seven and a half years in prison plus a $2.5 million fine in June.
