House speaker’s chief of staff resigns amid calls from Memphis legislators for investigation

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 07, 2019 11:36 AM CT | Published: May 06, 2019 2:56 PM CT

Cade Cothren, the chief of staff for House Speaker Glen Casada, resigned Monday over charges that included racially derogatory language, drug use and falsifying evidence.

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Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard

Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.


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