Page 27 - State Rep News Today

A "mass shooting" took place in Dadeville at a "Sweet 16" party that left 28 people injured and 4 dead

.@ExMayorMarkits longest-serving mayor #Danbury will be honored at @WestConn Society Breakfast for Student Success May 2 @amberroom

The group, US Term Limits, seeks to create change at the federal level by calling a constitutional convention.

Lets lets just say that their voters who chose them were disenfranchised. obviously by this vote, its so interesting representative because in the history of the tennessee legislature, this has only happened twice in 1980. a state. rep um, was found guilty of taking a bribe. it was expelled and then in 2016, a state rep was accused of allegations of sexual harassment and was expelled. so how does speaking out of turn compared to those well, it was really interesting because even the three of us ...

Grandmothers. its really, really amazing, and theyre just brilliant, caring people who love their community and i want to fight for it. um, and i mean, lets lets just say that their voters who chose them were disenfranchised. obviously by this vote, its so interesting representative because in the history of the tennessee legislature, this has only happened twice in 1980. a state. rep um, was found guilty of taking a bribe. it was expelled and then in 2016 state rep was accused of allegations of...

And him earlier, and i agree with charlie. this guy, it seems to become a superstar. nobody knew who a state rep from tennessee was. he will be known by everybody across america. and probably in different parts of the world in this. i think what he said, if democrats were smart, is to apply that message over and over and over again. because it works in urban areas. it works among african americans. it works among latinos and whites. it is basically the republicans are not silencing me, the leade...

Cbss mark strassmann is there in nashville and will start us off tonight. what a day. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. just in the last few minutes, a surprise twist, after republicans voted to expel jones, gloria johnson, a state rep from knoxville, survived her vote of expulsion by one vote. they are still arguing about the third democrat, and there is an air of vengeance on both sides. >> i-70 to 25. >> i declare represented justin jones of the representative district exp...

Print this article out and stick it on the fridge. You'll want to remember this in late May as key deadlines approach and favorite bills ...

Identify as? >> identify? >> ethnicity? i identify as an american. [applause] >> not an african american? are you african american? >> todd: representative hicks, the american in that video joins me now. thank you for being here. what were you thinking about being yelled at by a fellow state rep? >> good morning. what i was thinking, i was thinking this is actually ridiculous being question on race by itself. and the legislation we were introducing is solely to ensure that the states with busine...

As former President Donald Trump’s indictment continues to ripple across the nation, politicians on both sides of the aisle are taking up positions in defense and opposition of Trump.