Listen Updated at 10:43 with response from John Lott. Mass shootings. And how to prevent them. That’s what was on Tennessee lawmakers’ minds as they opened debate for the year on the state’s gun laws. Helping to guide their thoughts was a prominent researcher, who argues more guns mean less danger.
Gun Expert Tells Tennessee Lawmakers Firearms Are The Best Way To Stop Shootings
Tennessee Lawmakers Withdraw Measures On Ultrasounds Before Abortions And Fetal Tissue Sales
Tennessee lawmakers have withdrawn two abortion measures that would have required a woman to receive an ultrasound before an abortion and would have banned the sale of aborted fetal tissue. The proposals, House Bill 1709 and House Bill 1459, were pulled without explanation Tuesday afternoon. They were seen as among the most extensive anti-abortion measures […]
Hoverboards Blamed In Two Nashville Fires, Adding Tennessee To Growing List
Listen Two fires in three months in Nashville were caused by the self-balancing scooters called hoverboards, spurring officials to issue warnings Tuesday about keeping one inside a home.
After First-Day Crash, Tennessee Recommits To Taking Tests Online — Perhaps With Another Company
Listen Updated with response from Measurement Inc. There had been problems throughout the trial period for Tennessee’s new online standardized test. One even required a total overhaul. But the state’s top education officials say Monday’s glitch was entirely new, and that’s why they abandoned computer-based testing for the year.
Tennessee Attorney General: No Deadline For ‘Thorough’ Durham Misconduct Investigation
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery says his office has opened its investigation into allegations of misconduct by state Representative Jeremy Durham. Slatery says a team of attorneys has already been assigned to handle claims Durham, R-Franklin, sexually harassed three women at the state Capitol and any other such accusations. But he doesn’t know how long […]
Lawmakers Turn Durham Investigation Over To Tennessee Attorney General
Tennessee lawmakers are formally asking the state’s top lawyer to investigate misconduct allegations against Franklin Representative Jeremy Durham.
Overdoses From Pain Pills Laced With Drug Worry Tennessee Police, Doctors
Listen Pain relief pills laced with a dangerous drug are being blamed for overdose deaths in Tennessee. And in a state where police and doctors are already confronting an epidemic of fatal overdoses, they say these deceptive drugs are especially alarming.
Tennessee Senate Refuses To Honor Latina Activist Renata Soto, Citing Objections To National Group
The Tennessee Senate has refused to honor Nashville activist Renata Soto. Senators voted Monday to reject a resolution that would congratulate Soto on being elected chair of the National Council of La Raza, a Latino-rights organization.
Tennessee Ditches Online Standardized Testing After ‘Massive Outage’ In First Hour
Listen Updated 5:30 p.m. The long-awaited changeover to computer-based standardized testing in Tennessee won’t happen this year. “Like you, we are incredibly disappointed,” Tennessee education commissioner Candice McQueen wrote to superintendents around the state.
Nashville’s Dogs Can’t Be Trusted Off-Leash
Listen For many Nashville dogs, the past few months of roaming off-leash in city parks was a newfound freedom. Quietly, Metro Parks was studying a trial run of leash-free-hours at three parks. But the dogs could not be trusted.
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