Memphis Officials Return Second Expelled Tennessee Dem to Statehouse

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters)—Local government officials in Memphis, Tennessee, voted on Wednesday to return the second of two Democratic state lawmakers who were expelled last week for protesting gun violence on the chamber floor. In a rare rebuke last week, Republicans who control the state House of Representatives voted to kick out Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two Black men in their late 20s who had recently joined the legislature, over their rule-breaking peaceful protest on the floor on March 30. Jones has already been sworn back in after councilors in...