- by theguardian
- 15 Aug 2022
Amy Weirich, the Memphis prosecutor who stirred national outrage for bringing criminal charges against a Black woman for trying to register to vote, has lost her re-election bid.
Weirich, a Republican who has been the district attorney general in Shelby county since 2011, lost to Democrat Steve Mulroy, a law professor at the University of Memphis and a former county commissioner.
This year’s Tourism Australia North America Marketplace event brought tourism officials, travel agents and tour operators together again, in person, after a three-year hiatus.
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