At an organizational session, Akron City Council elected Margo Somerville president (11–1 with one abstention), Jeff Fusco vice president and Brad McKittrick president pro tem; council announced standing committee chairs and vice chairs and moved briefly into executive session to finalize assignments.

via - Democracy Docket — Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) removed Democratic lawmakers from House committees Tuesday after they protested the GOP's newly enacted congressional gerrymander that eliminated the state's lone majority-Black district. The post Tennessee Republicans strip Democrats from committees after protesting anti-Black gerrymander appeared first on Democracy Docket .