Editor’s notebook: An elegy for Tennessee.

By: J. Holly McCall

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 945

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Oh, Tennessee. I love you, but you have broken my heart.

The pain began to come more than a decade ago, as I found myself, after a years-long hiatus, again paying attention to the work of the Tennessee General Assembly.

I was driving down I-65, listening to Nashville Public Radio on my commute, when I heard then-Rep. Glen Casada — the Williamson County Republican who became House Speaker for a short tenure before …

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