The Department of Children’s Services commissioner gave an update to the legislature that showed improvements to the troubled system.
Tennessee has passed a ban on gender-affirming health care for trans kids. The bill’s exceptions may only exist on paper.
Transgender youth may soon no longer be able to access gender-affirming health care. A ban on medical transitioning for minors has passed the Tennessee General Assembly and is on its way to the governor’s desk.
Should Tennessee legalize marijuana? Lawmakers shoot down a proposal to hear your answer.
Forty-one states have legalized medical cannabis to some extent. Tennessee isn’t one of them. Lawmakers both Democratic and Republican have attempted to create a system for medical marijuana, but all have failed. Some are so against it they won’t even pose the question to their constituents.
GOP-backed measure banning drag shows on public property is headed to a final vote
The Tennessee House is scheduled to hear the bill that would ban drag shows on public property on Thursday. If it passes, it’ll head to the governor for his signature.
‘Because others can’t leave’: Inside the fight for transgender rights in Tennessee
Two laws targeting LGBTQ Tennesseans are speeding through the statehouse. If they pass, it would mean the end of Pride festivals and transgender health care.
A leading anti-abortion group is feuding with Republicans over revising the Tennessee’s abortion law
Republicans are trying to clean up the state’s abortion law to more explicitly allow doctors to save the life of a pregnant person. But that proposal is drawing fire from the state’s leading anti-abortion group.
As a top Republican proposes rejecting $1.8B in federal funds, an education advocate asks how Tennessee will make up the difference
An education advocate questions whether passing up federal funding is a worthwhile fiscal move for Tennessee.
The age limit for permitless carry could drop to 18, as Tennessee’s AG sides with gun rights
Permitless carry, sometimes referred to as constitutional carry, allows an individual to carry a gun without undergoing background checks or training. In 2021, Tennessee passed a law allowing permitless carry for adults 21 and over. A recent decision by the attorney general may soon pave the way for 18- to 20-year-olds to do the same.
A new Tennessee lawmaker walks into the capitol wearing a dashiki. House GOP suggests he explore other careers.
Tennessee’s newest lawmaker was sworn in Thursday. Democratic Rep. Justin J. Pearson is filling a vacancy left in House District 86 in Memphis. But people were more focused on what Pearson was wearing.
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