Gov. J.B. Pritzker continues pushing for voters to adopt the progressive income tax amendment on Nov. 3, including with $56 million of donations toward the cause. At the same time, federal investigators have arrested or implicated in criminal investigations five lawmakers who also supported the amendment:
- Former Illinois House Assistant Majority Leader Luis Arroyo (D)
- Former chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee Martin Sandoval (D)
- Member of the Legislative Ethics Commission Terry Link (D)
- State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D)
- House Speaker Mike Madigan (D)
