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Attorney General

Tennessee’s voter restoration process is now before a federal court

Marianna Bacallao

January 16, 2025

A federal appeals court will soon decide on the future of voting restoration in Tennessee. Here’s what arguments it heard.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, Campaign Legal Center, disenfranchisement, felons, felony conviction, Free Hearts, NAACP, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Disenfranchised Tennesseans will have their votes counted in the 2024 election, officials say

Marianna Bacallao

November 22, 2024

The votes of six formerly incarcerated Tennesseans will be counted in the 2024 election, despite a state election policy that disqualifies them from voting. The decision from Tennessee’s coordinator of elections comes as the state continues to oppose restoring the voting rights of Tennesseans with certain felony convictions.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Jonathan Skrmetti, Mark Goins, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Tennessee’s motion to stop formerly incarcerated Tennesseans from voting fails a second time. The state isn’t giving up.

Marianna Bacallao

November 18, 2024

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A Nashville judge has maintained that disenfranchised Tennesseans can restore their voting rights, counter to a state election rule.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Free Hearts, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

Disenfranchised Tennesseans can vote in this election, Nashville judge rules

Marianna Bacallao

November 4, 2024

Monday’s ruling has opened the door for disenfranchised Tennesseans to cast a ballot, but the final decision still rests in the state election commission’s hands.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, disenfranchisement, Elections 2024, felony conviction, Free Hearts, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee State Election Commission, voter registration in Tennessee, Voters, voting, voting rights

NashVillager Podcast: Fallout from a major scandal

Nina Cardona

October 4, 2024

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Is Nashville’s criminal court docket headed for a major snarl? Plus the local news for October 4, 2024.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, davidson county district attorney, Glenn Funk

Appeals court spikes Tennessee’s bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule

Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

August 28, 2024

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.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Associated Press, Attorney General, family planning, HHS, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Attorney General, Title X

An upcoming ruling will determine whether Tennessee’s anti-trans ‘bathroom bill’ stays in place this school year

Marianna Bacallao

May 29, 2024

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Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is suing to defend Tennessee’s ban on transgender students using the bathroom that aligns with their gender.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, Attorney General, discrimination, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Title IX, transgender

Tennessee sues over federal rule enshrining protections for transgender students

Marianna Bacallao

April 30, 2024

Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined five other states Tuesday in seeking to block the new regulations before they take effect in August.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, discrimination, Jonathan Skrmetti, lgbtq, Tennessee Attorney General, Title IX, transgender

Asked to clear up abortion bans, GOP leaders blame doctors and misinformation for the confusion

Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

March 11, 2024

In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions are dangerously unclear, resulting in denied treatment to some pregnant women in need.

Filed Under: Abortion In Depth, Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, abortion rights, Associated Press, Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee Attorney General

Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation

Teresa M. Walker, APandRalph D. Russo, AP

January 31, 2024

The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, and in response to the association’s investigation of University of Tennessee. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee […]

Filed Under: Education, Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti, lawsuit, NCAA, Tennessee Attorney General, University of Tennessee, Volunteers

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