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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker during a news conference regarding the coronavirus pandemic and other issues Nov. 4, 2020, at the Thompson Center in Chicago.

The Spin: Duckworth says she’s talking to Biden team | Pritzker gets personal about Thanksgiving | State shutting casinos, reducing capacity at some retail outlets

November 18, 2020 at 9:25 a.m.

Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said this morning she's talking with President-elect Joe Biden's team as he prepares to take the White House. During an interview on MSNBC the Hoffman...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden and then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel attend event celebrating the opening of a domestic violence shelter in Chicago on Nov. 25, 2013.

The Spin: Pritzker coy on his Thanksgiving plans | U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos tests positive for COVID-19 | City’s public health doc says initially there won’t be enough vaccine to go around

November 16, 2020 at 6:42 p.m.

Legal weed smokers, pat yourselves on the back: Your efforts may have helped save 350 city of Chicago jobs. Over the weekend, Mayor Lori Lightfoot took the layoffs off the...

U.S.Senator Tammy Duckworth speaks to the media before faith leaders and politicians participate in the Juneteenth faith led peaceful demonstration on Columbus Drive in Grant Park. The march is a show of solidarity to celebrate Juneteenth in Chicago, Friday June 19, 2020.

The Spin: In interview, Duckworth says she’d consider a Biden Cabinet spot if offered | Lightfoot on COVID-19 orders and mixed messages | Illinois at ‘crisis level’ with virus, Pritzker says

November 13, 2020 at 5:36 p.m.

In a CNN interview this afternoon, Illinois U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth said she'd "take a long, hard look" at a spot in presumptive President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet if offered a...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot puts her mask on after speaking during a post-election drive-up celebration at the 87th Street shopping center in the West Chatham neighborhood Nov. 8, 2020, in Chicago. The event commemorated presumptive President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends joining crowd celebrating Biden-Harris win as COVID-19 cases surge

November 13, 2020 at 1:17 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday defended her appearance last weekend when she joined a crowd celebrating the presumptive win of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. During a morning interview...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over a virtual meeting of the City Council from her office at City Hall in Chicago on April 22, 2020.

The Spin: Underwood wins ‘tough’ race for second term | Lightfoot’s stern budget warning to aldermen | Lake Forest residents, Trump mega-donors Liz and Dick Uihlein contract COVID-19

November 12, 2020 at 5:43 p.m.

The Tribune's Gregory Pratt and John Byrne are out with a new story about Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivering a tough message to members of City Council who might vote down...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during a news conference Nov. 4, 2020, about the coronavirus pandemic.

The Spin: Illinois officials urge residents stay home as COVID-19 deaths spike | Lightfoot says wife wasn’t initially keen on mayoral bid | Chicago unions stand with embattled Madigan

November 11, 2020 at 5:35 p.m.

Illinois announced a jaw-dropping 145 COVID-19 deaths and more than 12,000 new and probable cases today — numbers that we haven't seen since May. So far, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has...

President Donald Trump with congressman Mike Bost, running for the 12th District of Illinois, during a Make America Great Again Rally, at Southern Illinois Airport Hangar 6 in Murphysboro, Illinois, in 2018.

The Spin: Kinzinger, Bost, other local Republicans and the Trump tightrope | Tallying the ballots left to count in Illinois | Illinois General Assembly cancels session as COVID-19 cases rise

November 10, 2020 at 5:57 p.m.

Yesterday, the bright spotlight was on Democrats' intraparty divide with New York U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a leader in the progressive wing, signaling to the Biden-Harris administration that they don't...

FILE- In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden pumps his fist on stage with his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del.

The Spin: Biden-Harris vow relief for cash-strapped states | Reports of Emanuel in Biden White House stir controversy | Chicago doctors tapped for Biden-Harris for COVID-19 team

November 9, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

Republican President Donald Trump, his family and some close advisers, including Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are saying the race for president is too close to call, but Democrat...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks June 21, 2017, at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

The Spin: Duckworth, Quigley now leaning on Madigan | Pritzker in self-isolation after COVID-19 exposure | Will we have a winner soon? | Near record voter turnout and partisan divide

November 6, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

Pundits say the nation may be closing in on a decision in the presidential election that, for now, shows Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of Republican President Donald...

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth during a news conference at O'Hare International Airport in 2019.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley: Time to consider replacing Michael Madigan as Illinois Democratic Party chair, House speaker

November 6, 2020 at 6:08 p.m.

Add U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley to the list of top Illinois Democrats nudging Michael Madigan to exit his posts as state party leader and House...

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