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Newspaper: Madigan Helped Donors' Relatives
CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago Tribune investigation indicates that House Speaker Michael Madigan helped get relatives of donors, public officials and political allies admitted to the University of Illinois.

The Tribune reported Wednesday that 28 applicants to the Urbana-Champaign or Chicago campuses were helped in recent years by Madigan. The newspaper says their relatives made campaign contributions totaling $50,000 to Madigan and $65,200 to the Democratic Party of Illinois.

The Tribune says it connected the applicants to Madigan through multiple sources and university documents provided through the Freedom of Information Act.

Madigan says he's intervened in admissions cases but he does so without considering political relationships.

Interim U of I President Stanley Ikenberry says the university doesn't know of any instance in which Madigan "exerted inappropriate pressure."

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05 05 10 by Newsroom
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