Speculation grows over speaker resigning
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BOSTON The Massachusetts House could see big changes at the top as speculation grows that House Speaker Robert DeLeo is weighing whether to resign to take a post at his alma mater, Northeastern University.
DeLeo, through an aide, said he has had no talks with the school, but the volume of chatter about a possible change in leadership on Beacon Hill has increased in recent days.
DeLeo, a Democrat, is already the longest-serving speaker in Massachusetts history.
“The speaker has had no such talks with, much less does he have any agreement with, Northeastern University,” Catherine Williams, an aide to DeLeo, said Wednesday,
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Speaker Robert DeLeo has held his House seat since 1991.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Virtually everyone on Beacon Hill sprang into a frenzy Wednesday over speculation that House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo was preparing to leave his post to accept a teaching job at his alma mater, Northeastern University â except, that is, for DeLeo himself, whose office offered a carefully worded denial, while he dodged questions as he left the State House.
âThe speaker has had no such talks with, much less does he have any agreement with, Northeastern University,â said Catherine Williams, DeLeo spokeswoman.
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BOSTON The Massachusetts House could see big changes at the top as speculation grows that House Speaker Robert DeLeo is weighing whether to resign to take a post at his alma mater, Northeastern University.
DeLeo, through an aide, said he has had no talks with the school, but the volume of chatter about a possible change in leadership on Beacon Hill has increased in recent days.
DeLeo, a Democrat, is already the longest-serving speaker in Massachusetts history. The speaker has had no such talks with, much less does he have any agreement with, Northeastern University, Catherine Williams, an aide to DeLeo, said Wednesday,