Governor schedules Aug. 23 special session to replace House speaker
Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada is expected to resign the post Aug. 2 after Gov. Bill Lee, spurred by House Republican leaders, called for him to step down. Lee says he'll convene a special session in August to elect a new speaker. (Mark Humphrey/AP Photo)
Gov. Bill Lee has called an Aug. 23 special session for the House of Representatives to replace resigning House Speaker Glen Casada.
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Bill Lee Glen CasadaSam 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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