Sheldon Silver’s reign as speaker ended with corruption charges.

Larry Householder wields significant power as the House speaker in the Ohio State Legislature.

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s power over Illinois politics is more precarious than ever. A steady stream of federal investigations, wiretaps and raids of people close to him, a deferred prosecution agreement with Commonwealth Edison wherein the utility giant admitted to bribing the speaker, and a grand jury subpoena served to Madigan’s office have led...

The Illinois House speaker was implicated in criminal charges filed against electrical company ComEd.

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's iron grip has five fingers: the rules, the party, the map, the law firm, and taxpayer-funded patronage.

Pritzker infamously removed toilets from his Gold Coast mansion in what the Cook County inspector general called a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers.

Madigan was implicated in bribery charges filed against ComEd. Calls for his resignation are starting.

America’s longest-serving politician is at the center of a federal corruption investigation into lobbying, bribery and using ComEd for political patronage jobs.

Illinois public servants expect special privileges. And Gov. J.B. Pritzker is happy to oblige.