Why should (or shouldn’t) a manifesto become public? Plus the local news for September 19, 2024.
‘Responsible gun owners are not the problem’: Tennessee 5th Congressional hopeful on how she’d tackle gun safety
Nashville activist Maryam Abolfazli has been active at the Tennessee’s statehouse, advocating for change to the state’s gun safety laws. Now, she’s hoping to make change at the federal level.
Judge says Nashville school shooter’s writings can’t be released as victims’ families have copyright
The withholding of the writings has been particularly controversial because some people see the shooting as a hate crime against Christians and believe the journals will prove it.
‘Same book, but the next chapter’: A redesigned Covenant School reopens for the first time since the shooting
This redesign was the school’s way of trying to fill the space with hope and playfulness after a shooting in 2023.
Nashville judge to rule on whether the Covenant School assailant’s journals go public
The judge had been prepared to release the ruling when a news outlet suing for the documents’ release published leaked pages of the assailant’s journal.
Supermajority podcast, from WPLN and NPR’s Embedded, tackles single-party rule
Supermajority is a new podcast from NPR’s Embedded, in partnership with Nashville Public Radio. Host Meribah Knight has been following three conservative moms in Tennessee over the course of a year as they learn to navigate their Republican-controlled state legislature.
How a second leak of the Covenant School assailant’s journals impacts an ongoing court case
Conservative news site, The Tennessee Star, may be in legal trouble for publishing leaked pages of the Covenant School assailant’s journals. The Star is a plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit to compel Nashville Police to release the writings.
Tennessee limits access to child autopsy reports following push by Covenant families
A bill that would remove the autopsies of children who are victims of violent crime from the public record has passed the state legislature. Only the child’s legal guardians or, in some cases, a court order would allow them to be released.
Classes resume at original Covenant School campus for the first time in over a year
Covenant School students, faculty and staff are holding classes at the school’s original campus for the first time since the mass shooting that left six dead, including three children, on March 27, 2023.
‘Never been tested’: Inside arguments on whether Covenant School shooting records should be public
A Nashville judge will soon decide whether writings left by the Covenant School assailant will be released to the public. The two-day hearing in Davidson County Chancery Court wrapped Wednesday afternoon.
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