The new year brought with it new principal clerks or secretaries in 13 state legislatures nationwide.

The NCSL Leaders’ Center talks with Steve Yeager, the recently elected speaker of the Nevada Assembly, about leadership and the historic diversity of his chamber.

Alyce Clarke, who took office in 1985 as the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, has announced she will retire at the end of her term in 2024. She is the state’s longest-serving female legislator.

NCSL talks with eight of the nation’s youngest state legislators about what drove them to run for office and how they overcame voters’ skepticism about their age.