A Tennessee lawmaker has been expelled from the state Senate after a vote in the upper chamber following her conviction on wire fraud charges. State Sen. Katrina Robinson, a Democrat from Memphis, was convicted on wire fraud charges last year after she was accused of stealing funds from a healthcare school that she operated. Federal prosecutors alleged that she used the funds to pay for personal expenses, including her wedding. Republican Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, in confirming a vote to expel her, said that “the integrity of the Senate is of paramount importance.” “While the expulsion of a Senator for the first time in history was not something any of us wished to see, it was a necessary action,” McNally said, adding that “Senator Robinson was given every consideration and due process.” Robinson was given the chance to resign from office but, according to McNally, “she declined the opportunity.” In …