Page 3 - Mickell Lowery News Today

MEMPHIS—The members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners carried out their moral duty and legal obligation by reappointing Black state lawmaker Justin Pearson on Wednesday, April 12, to his rightful seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

The reinstatement comes two days after a Nashville Metropolitan Council vote to re-seat fellow Democratic State Rep. Justin Jones.

Two expelled Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats.

The state of Tennessee has reinstated Justin Pearson back into the House of Representatives a few days after he and Justin Jones were ousted by Republicans over attending a protest for gun control.

(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) -- Less than a week after being ousted by the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Republican supermajority, District 86 representative Ju

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to confirm the reappointment of Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, sending him back to fill the House

In under 20 minutes, the Shelby County Commission — sans Republicans — voted to send Rep. Pearson back to Nashville after last week's partisan vote that expelled two Black lawmakers.

Ousted Tennessee Democrat Justin Pearson of Memphis is expected to be appointed back to the state House on Wednesday almost a week after he and his Democratic…

The second of two Democratic lawmakers expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives could soon return to the chamber, as officials in Memphis on Wednesday weigh whether to appoint him

(Reuters) - Local officials will meet in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday to decide whether to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. | 07:06am