A federal appeals court has shot down Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.
Gun control initiatives to be left off Memphis ballot after GOP threat to withhold funds
Election officials in Memphis have decided to leave three gun control questions off the November ballot after top Republican state leaders threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding.
Judges dismiss suit alleging Tennessee’s political maps discriminate against communities of color
The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year’s elections.
Millions of campaign dollars aimed at tilting school voucher battle are flowing into state races
Millions of dollars are being spent this year to steer voters toward candidates for Republican-led Legislatures who not only support school vouchers, but will become key figures in implementing school choice programs in states across the U.S. Most recently, national pro-voucher advocates declared victory after spending more than $4.5 million in Tennessee’s primary election to […]
Fall matchup set between ‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat Gloria Johnson and GOP US Sen. Marsha Blackburn
The match will pit a survivor of a Republican-led expulsion effort over a gun control protest against a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list
HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized last week.
Tennessee won’t purge voter rolls of people who disregard a letter asking them to prove citizenship
Tennessee elections officials say any state registered voters among the thousands recently asked to prove their citizenship can stay on the voting rolls even if they don’t respond to the request.
Tennessee election officials asking more than 14,000 voters to prove citizenship
The letters warn that it is illegal in Tennessee for noncitizens to vote. Voting rights advocates began raising the alarm after photos of the letter started circulating on social media.
Tennessee is sued over law that criminalizes helping minors get abortions without
A Tennessee state Democratic lawmaker and reproductive rights activist have filed a lawsuit challenging a new statute designed to ban adults from helping minors get an abortion without parental permission.
Tennessee governor OKs penalizing adults who help minors receive abortions, gender-affirming care
Tennessee’s governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent. Both proposals are likely to face immediate legal challenges when they go into effect later this year.
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