Black Caucus work on criminal justice reform could mesh with Lee’s efforts
Newly elected Tennessee State Senators Raumesh Akbari and Katrina Robinson (right) bring up State Rep. Barbara Cooper to speak during a watch party at the Stax Museum on election night, Nov. 6, 2018. Akbari will serve as chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus in the 111th General Assembly and chairs the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
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Antonio Parkinson Bill Lee Larry Miller Raumesh AkbariSam Stockard
Sam Stockard is a Nashville-based reporter with more than 30 years of journalism experience as a writer, editor and columnist covering the state Legislature and Tennessee politics for The Daily Memphian.
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