M.K. Pritzker

Illinois

Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV

Mawa Iqbal

When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a hand-drawn self-portrait by Yesenia Diaz, who’s incarcerated downstate.

Gov. JB Pritzker and wife MK are pictured at an event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield in April 2024.

Illinois

Pritzker tax summaries show more than $10M in 2024 income — not including trusts

Ben Szalinski

Pritzker is one of the wealthiest elected officials in American history

This photo, provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, shows a document signed by President Lincoln in April 1861 ordering the blockade of southern United States ports after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War.

Springfield IL

Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum

Mitchell Armentrout

The fateful 163-year-old document had been in an anonymous private collection until its purchase at auction by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker, who donated it to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

Lincoln & History

MK Pritzker’s talk to highlight new book on the governor’s mansion

Maureen Foertsch McKinney

Tickets for the event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum are on sale.

Illinois

Source: Feds Probe Illinois Gov. Pritzker, First Lady For Property Tax Appeals On Mansion

Dave McKinney

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, his wife and his brother-in-law are under federal criminal investigation for a dubious residential property tax…