There are 3 article(s) tagged Jim Sasser:

• September 2024

  • Political Roundup: Hagerty responds to Trump’s pet-eating claim, more

    Tennessee’s abortion ban comes up in discussion of Memphis’ gun-control referendum; Sen. Blackburn uses old stats to talk crime, and remembering Jim Sasser, the former U.S. senator who was instrumental in bringing pandas to the zoo.

    By Bill Dries September 15, 2024

  • Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died

    Sasser, a Democrat, represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 1995 and was then appointed by President Bill Clinton as ambassador to China.

    By The Associated Press September 11, 2024

• March 2023

  • 20 years ago, two giant pandas came to Memphis and made an enormous impact

    As Ya Ya and Le Le prepare to return home to China in the coming months, Memphis Zoo officials are preparing to make an official bid for a new mating pair of pandas. 

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    Leaders, residents say goodbye to giant pandas

    By Jane Roberts March 28, 2023