SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker enjoyed one of the more successful legislative sessions in 2019 of any first-year Illinois executive in recent memory, winning approval for virtually his entire campaign platform.

But work continues in 2020. The Democrat will try to persuade voters to approve a change in the state Constitution allowing a progressive income tax whose rate increases with affluence.

Scandals involving sitting legislators and ongoing federal investigations will likely prompt ethics reforms when the Legislature convenes in late January. And the quest to relieve pressure of public pensions and local property taxes is never far from the Springfield agenda.