For the first time in the state’s 205 years, two Black Alabamians are serving in the House of Representatives.

A bill in the Washington House of Representatives is seeking to remove the image of George Washington from the state flag.

A local icon. A symbol of San Francisco politics. A speaker emerita. A matriarch. A badass. So when retired Chronicle librarian Bill Van Niekerken found 1972 photos of the former speaker of the House ...