Tennessee Rep. Justin J. Pearson blasts Trump’s Memphis federal ‘occupation,’ says Black businesses and residents are suffering As the Trump administration continues to deploy federal agents and the National Guard in Memphis as part of its stated Read More
Tennessee Three’s Justin J. Pearson announces run for Congress, challenging longtime Democrat Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson announced that he is running for Congress, setting up a primary contest against longtime Read More
Tennessee Republican Diana Harshbarger calls Rep. Al Green ‘boy,’ suggests he had ‘gun’ inside cane A Republican congresswoman used a racial slur when addressing her Democratic colleague, Rep. Al Green of Texas, drawing outrage about Read More
Tennessee Republican lawmakers condemned by Black Caucus for posing with whips Republican members of the Tennessee State Assembly are catching backlash after taking photographs with whips in what harkens back to Read More
Tennessee Three’s Justin J. Pearson says Harris ‘fought for us,’ so he’s returning the favor The day after two young Black Tennessee state lawmakers were expelled last year by majority white male Republicans, Vice President Read More
Tennessee House kills bill seeking to ban local reparations studies NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to Read More
Tennessee moves to cut Memphis reforms after Tyre Nichols death NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic Read More
Legislative staffer suspended after confrontation with ‘Tennessee Three’ member NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee legislative staffer has been placed on leave after Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones says Read More