by Clennon “Wayne” Murray and Brandon Murray --
The highly anticipated and long-awaited Murray-Haley Family Reunion is set for July 20 through July 23 and will spread over Memphis, Henning and Ripley.
The planning of the reunion event was initially discussed...
Now well familiar with the protocol, Justin Pearson was sworn in last Thursday (April 13) for the second time to represent Memphis-based Tennessee House District 86.
That was seven days after he and fellow representatives Justin Jones of Nashville and...
For recently expelled former State Rep. Justin Pearson, Wednesday may be the day he is back into the District 86 stride again.
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mickell Lowery has called a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners for April...
The ground-level, on-site resistance to the proposed ouster of three duly-elected Tennessee House Democrats was fortified by individuals and forces from Memphis and Shelby County as a rigid Republican supermajority chose to double down on decorum.
Wedged among an array...
NASHVILLE — In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Republicans on Thursday expelled a Democratic lawmaker from the Tennessee Capitol for his role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school...
Rep. Justin Pearson and two other Democratic state legislators – now being called the “Tennessee Three” after their involvement in a House protest that has triggered an ouster move by Republicans – are getting mounting support.
Pearson, along with Democratic...
by Kimberlee Kruesi --
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Republican lawmaker on Thursday apologized after asking earlier this week if “hanging by a tree” could be added to the state’s execution methods, a comment that has shocked Black lawmakers...
by Kimberlee Kruesi --
NASHVILLE – For years, Nashville leaders have watched Tennessee’s GOP-dominated Legislature repeatedly kneecap the liberal-leaning city’s ability to set its own minimum wage, regulate plastic bag use and place higher scrutiny on police officers.
Yet that simmering...
by Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise --
NASHVILLE – One of Tennessee’s most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners...
“We’re here with our pockets empty, but our hands aren’t!”
So said Sir the Baptist, accepting the Grammy award for Best Roots Gospel Album on behalf of the Tennessee State University Marching Band – the “Aristocrat of Bands” – for...