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Pete Laney looked strange sitting at his desk on the first day of the 78th Legislature. Not smaller, exactly, but ill at ease. Seated in the left rear of the chamber, he was about as far as physically possible from his accustomed seat in the Speaker’s chair. On his left was his wife Nelda, seated […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402