Force of habit has Reps Schakowsky, Casten & Krishnamoorthi plus Cook County Bd President Preckwinkle and her Public Health Dir. Dr. Terry Mason standing within six feet of each other for a half-our presser on how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Serves as a reminder we can’t let our habits put us within six feet of anyone for ten minutes.

Bernie Sanders here Saturday for a Grant Park Bandshell rally. Biden here next Friday.

“Trump’s gotta go. You can see it in the way some of the challenges around the coronavirus are being handled. The administration has done a terrible job in my opinion of really helping the states with some of the challenges they face.”

She says it’s very challenging to get the work done if she doesn’t know which aldermen to trust

Fed appear to be targeting Madigan and when pressed, Durbin says, “Well, I work with him. There are times we disagree. That’s the nature of politics.”

Wants to end the practice of legislators serving as lobbyists even after they leave office

Governor’s office says Sullivan received, but did not act upon the email when he was a state senator back in 2012

The disabled Iraq War combat veteran’s personal attack part of a Senate floor speech demanding Congress debate Trump’s war-making powers which Republicans say are legal

Feds are investigating kickbacks in the program