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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will return to the Legislature after a Memphis commission voted to reinstate him Wednesday, nearly a week after his banishment for supporting gun control protesters propelled him into the national spotlight. Hundreds of supporters marched Justin Pearson through Memphis […]

A county commission voted Wednesday to reappoint Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D-Memphis) to the state House seat from which he was expelled.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans partnered with the NFL Grassroots Program to award $50,000 to Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter Schools Monday for field upgrades at the Brownlee Road campus in Whitehaven. The grant funds will be used to install bleachers, lighting, and a scoreboard. The NFL Grassroots Program is a partnership between the NFL […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature. The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council took only a few minutes to restore Rep. Justin Jones to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — The Chairman of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners announced that a special meeting will be held to determine whether to reinstate Justin J. Pearson to his District 86 House seat. Pearson was one of two Democrats expelled from the House after leading a protest to call attention to gun deaths […]

After Justin Jones was expelled by the House Thursday night, support from a majority of Metro Councilmembers was immediate.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. Here’s a look at what could happen next: WHAT HAPPENED? Republicans voted last week to expel two Black lawmakers who had approached the front of the House chamber with […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats, following their ouster for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school shooting. Nashville’s metro council […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Van Turner, the president of the Memphis NAACP branch is speaking out after two Democrats were expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives. Democrats Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin J. Pearson of Memphis were expelled after protesting for stricter gun laws following a shooting at a Nashville school. The third house […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — President Joe Biden, lawmakers, and other leaders are reacting after Republican members of the Tennessee House of Representatives voted Thursday to expel two Democrats, including Memphis’ Justin J. Pearson, for breaking rules of decorum during a protest last week. The vote to expel Pearson was split along party lines 69-26, removing […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Feed the Needy organization of Memphis is working to distribute over 85,600 pounds of food in time for Easter. Volunteers of the non-profit gathered Thursday at the Memphis-Shelby County Schools Bayer Campus Building in north Memphis. From 3 a.m. to noon, they will work to complete nearly 3,000 Easter food boxes […]