For the first time in more than two decades, the Illinois House of Representatives has a new majority leader. And the appointment is breaking new ground.

Former and outgoing Illinois leaders offer suggestions for the man going to the mansion. 

In 1981, dozens of women descended upon the Illinois state Capitol with bread and other baked treats for legislators. On the annual “Stop-ERA Bread Day,” their message: Men who approve the Equal Rights Amendment can no longer count on their wives to tend to hearth and home.

Illinois house leaders of both parties have introduced legislation to change the state’s public pension systems. But as Tom Lisi reports, some constitutional lawyers say it has little chance of getting through the Illinois Supreme Court.

Illinois has officially cast its 20 electoral votes for Hillary Clinton. The slate of Democratic Party electors met Monday in the state Capitol building in Springfield.