The Republican majority in the state House on Saturday will select the likely next House speaker, a leader often anonymous to the general public but whose power rivals that of the governor.
Gop Majority In State House To Select Next Speaker Saturday
By Paul Woolverton Staff writer, The Fayetteville Observer
Thu, 11/20/2014 - 3:22pm
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