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Memphis officials voted to reinstate Justin Pearson, the second of two lawmakers expelled from legislature by RepublicansHundreds of supporters marched Justin Pearson through Memphis to the Shelby county board of commissioners meeting on Wednesday, cha…
Judiciary committee will review supreme court justice’s undeclared luxury travel with Republican mega-donor Harlan CrowDonald Trump is trying to prevent his former vice-president, Mike Pence, from testifying to the grand jury investigating the January …
Black legislators were expelled for protesting the Republican-controlled house’s inaction after Nashville mass shootingTwo Tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled from the legislature after partaking in a gun control protest inside the chamber to w…
US vice-president shows support for Democrats ousted by Republicans from state house as scandal rages onAbout 500 people packed the chapel at Fisk University, a historically Black college in Nashville, Tennessee, and sang the civil rights anthem This L…
Vice-president visiting lawmakers at Fisk University as Republican-controlled house’s move condemned as racistSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailIt’s lunchtime on Friday, and we’re waiting to hear from Democrats in Tennessee ho…
GOP-controlled state house voted to expel Black lawmakers Justin Jones and Justin Pearson while sparing Gloria JohnsonKamala Harris made an urgent trip to Nashville on Friday to meet with two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled from the state legislatu…
Joe Biden and Barack Obama condemn expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from Republican-controlled state houseTwo Democratic lawmakers have been expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House, an extraordinary act of political retaliation for th…
Mike Hill, 61, remembered as ‘big and strong but soft and tender’, one of six killed at Covenant School in Nashville last monthMike Hill, a 61-year-old custodian who was one of six people shot dead at a Nashville elementary school last week, was rememb…
Republican legislators introduce resolution to remove trio after they supported protest in wake of Nashville school shootingRepublican legislators in Tennessee have begun the process of expelling three Democratic colleagues from the conservative-contro…
Roy McGrath was wanted on corruption charges and manhunt had been launched after he failed to appear for trialAn ex-Maryland governor’s former political aide – who was wanted on corruption charges – died on Monday after he was wounded while being confr…