For the first time, House Speaker Dan Hawkins is more fully discussing his thoughts about the unsuccessful effort to drum up enough signatures in the House to call a special session to address redistricting and other issues.
In his weekly newsletter Friday, Hawkins confirmed publicly for the first time that the chamber was six signatures short of the 84 needed to call a special session, adding that disappointment would be an "understatement" to describe his reaction.
Overall, 78 of the 88 Republican members of the House agreed to sign the petition, Hawkins wrote. It is not known with a certainty . . .
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