House Dems Pick a Speaker: Hurry Up and Wait

The top photo shows Herald-Leader reporters John Cheves, Jack Brammer and Beth Musgrave waiting with other media for the results of the House Democrats closed-door session in the Capitol Annex to pick a Speaker.

This comes as no surprise to pros, but as you can see, when the new Speaker of the House, Greg Stumbo, emerged from the meeting room, all heck broke loose as everyone wanted a quote and/or photo. The media was anxious, because we had waited FOR OVER 2 1/2 HOURS.
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Head football coach Rich Brooks made a surprise announcement at Media Day that quarterback Curtis Pulley had been dismissed from the team for violating team rules. Staff video by David Perry

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