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Paige Pfleger

Paige Pfleger covers criminal justice for WPLN News. She has investigated guns and juvenile justice as a fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network, and her investigation into domestic violence and firearms dispossession won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and was a finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and a Livingston Award. She previously covered criminal justice and addiction in Ohio and was named the state's reporter of the year by the Associated Press. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR, The Washington Post, Marketplace, and PRI's The World, and she has worked in the newsrooms of The Tennessean, Michigan Radio, WHYY, Vox and NPR headquarters in DC.

Tennessee’s new AG plans to pick up his predecessor’s fight against Biden administration’s LGBTQ protections

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Title IX protects students from sex discrimination. The U.S. Department of Education wants to redefine ‘sex’ to include gender identity — which would add more protections for LGBTQ students.  

Metro Police completes audit of body camera footage, but its community oversight board wants changes moving forward

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The Metro Nashville Police Department has completed its review of body camera footage that was sent to the Community Oversight Board in past investigations. The department was looking for instances where videos were improperly edited.

Tennessee’s new attorney general says he’s a lawyer, not a politician. Here’s how he sees his role on issues like abortion.

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Since taking office on Sept. 1, Skrmetti has already been more open to the media than his predecessor. Skrmetti says he wants to be more transparent so people understand what it is the AG does in Tennessee.

Tennessee doctors are used to defending themselves against malpractice suits. A new legal group could help them with criminal abortion charges.

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Lawyers in Tennessee are in uncharted waters when it comes to defending medical providers from the state’s new abortion law. A new nonprofit is working to prepare them for legal fights ahead.

Nearly two years after promising grassroots violence reduction, the mayor’s office is touting a program to fund Nashville community groups

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Mayor John Cooper’s office is touting a program that funds community groups working on crime prevention, job training, childcare and more. It stems from Cooper’s promise nearly two years ago to support grassroots violence reduction efforts, following the murder of George Floyd.

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