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How Cookeville united over a parade that never happened

Marianna Bacallao

December 20, 2024

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For the first time in its history, the official Cookeville Christmas Parade approved an LGBTQ float in its lineup. The decision came after months of controversy with this year’s parade.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Christmas, Cookeville, culture wars, lgbtq, Putnam County

School vouchers will dominate this legislative session. What other education proposals are lawmakers pursuing?

Alexis Marshall

January 22, 2024

Tennessee lawmakers are returning to the capitol after a week-long closure due to snow and frigid temperatures. As the session gets underway, education issues will be a top priority. Especially Gov. Bill Lee’s universal school voucher proposal.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, culture wars, Education, K-12, school safety, third grade retention

School safety, third grade literacy and continued culture wars: Here’s what education bills passed in TN’s legislative session

Alexis Marshall

April 26, 2023

Here are some of the biggest education developments from the 2023 legislative session.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Covenant School, culture wars, Education, gun control, gun reform, gun violence, Higher Education, K-12, school resource officers, school shooting, third grade retention, tnleg, tnpol

Neo-Nazis threatened a drag show at a Cookeville bar. Now the bar is facing eviction.

Marianna Bacallao

March 15, 2023

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A drag show at a local brewery in Cookeville drew neo-Nazis and right-wing protesters with semi-automatic rifles. Now, the bar that hosted the event is getting evicted, and LGBTQ members say local law enforcement is using them as scapegoats.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Cookeville, culture wars, drag show, hate groups, law enforcement, lgbtq, neo-nazi, proud boys, Putnam County, putnam county sheriff's office

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