Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has used his private fortune to pay $3 million in state expenses, including boosting salaries of 16 top staffers. Some lawmakers want the ‘unethical’ practice to stop.

Illinoisans will soon cast a vote on the biggest ballot question in the history of Madigan’s record-breaking speakership.

The probe potentially opens up a new front in authorities’ investigation of House Speaker Mike Madigan: the property tax appeals game from which he has made millions.

Even without a constitutional amendment, there are changes lawmakers could make as soon as session resumes to get politics out of mapmaking.