* 3:50 pm - The Senate is coming back to town on Monday and Tuesday. Agenda items reportedly include a slightly different transit bill than the House tried to pass yesterday (not much by way of changes, but some) and the capital package.

Details in tomorrow’s Capitol Fax.

* 6:11 pm - From Crain’s…

A spokeswoman for Senate President Emil Jones said only that the session would involve “discussion of a transit issue.”

But Sen. John Cullerton, D-Chicago, said he believes the Senate will consider a slightly different version of a CTA bill sponsored by state rep. Julie Hamos, D-Evanston, that the Illinois House rejected Tuesday. “I think we’re going to try to pass the bill Julie tried yesterday,” said Mr. Cullerton, who often handles CTA-related bills in the Senate. “It puts pressure on the House to do something. We can’t just sit around and do nothing.” […]

Mr. Cullerton said he would not be surprised if the Senate also took another run at voting on a bill to allow a casino in Chicago as part of a plan to raise money for a statewide capital plan. Such a bill failed earlier this summer and President Jones had declared the issue dead, but House Republicans have insisted on a capital bill as a condition for them providing the necessary votes for a transit bill.

* 6:33 pm - From ABC7…

But next Monday, the Senate will give it another try with transit and infrastructure bills that would be paid for with three new casinos. That approach has been tried before unsuccessfully.

I don’t think that’s totally right. Mostly, but not totally. Tomorrow’s Capitol Fax will have more.