A new lawmaker from Memphis, Tennessee, is making waves after he attended his swearing-in ceremony wearing a dashiki. Democratic Rep. Justin J. Pearson
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The Tennessee legislature has adjourned for the year. Here s what they did. Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
The Tennessee General Assembly has adjourned for the year, finishing out the legislative session Wednesday night with last-minute negotiations over a proposed change to the court system and an emotional debate on how public schools should confront racism.
As the legislature worked to conclude four months of business, the late former Sen. Thelma Harper lay in state in the Capitol. Legislators and members of the public paid their respects to the former Nashville Democrat who served nearly three decades in the legislature as the first Black woman elected to the Senate.