Nashville Metro Council returns Justin Jones to the Tennessee House
Justin Jones speaks at a rally in front of the Nashville Metropolitan Courthouse, where the Metro Council voted to reappoint him to his state House seat. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian)
One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House has been reinstated. Nashville’s governing council voted Monday to send Justin Jones straight back to the Legislature.
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