Category: state capitol

Tennessee GOP Lawmakers Move to Expel Democrats Who Joined Protest Inside State Capitol

Tennessee Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution on Monday to expel three Democrat representatives after they led protest chants with a bullhorn from the House floor on March 30. The resolution declared that state Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville, Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, and Justin Pearson of Memphis had participated in “disorderly behavior” and “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder…


Critics of Billion Dollar California Capitol Project Want More Transparency

California state lawmakers are preparing to demolish and reconstruct part of the state’s historic Capitol grounds to add more office spaces, costing somewhere between $775 million to $1.2 billion, according to critics. Since the Capitol Annex Project was approved without the Historic State Capitol Commission or comments from the public and surrounding native communities, stakeholders and…