AR Times: “The Arkansas House completed business after adjournment [yesterday] by supporting Rep. Matthew Shepherd of El Dorado for a third term as speaker of the House.
The election was actually for speaker designate, with the formal election to occur when the next legislative session begins in 2023.
An effort by Rep. Austin McCollum of Bentonville to take the chair apparently fell short in whatever transpired during a Tuesday morning meeting of the 76-member House Republican caucus.”