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Tennessee’s Title X family planning funding could change under a second Trump term

Catherine Sweeney

November 19, 2024

Tennessee’s rigid anti-abortion policies lost the state millions of dollars in family planning funding under the Biden Administration. Experts say it’s not easy to predict what the Trump Administration will do about it.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: abortion rights, contraception, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Medicaid, reproductive health, Title X

Tennessee DNC delegates first in the nation to back Kamala Harris

Marianna Bacallao

July 22, 2024

Tennessee delegates to the DNC became some of the first to support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Elections 2024, Hendrell Remus, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tennessee Democratic Party, Tennessee State University

Tennessee politicians react to shooting at Trump rally. Some urge unity. Others push for a deeper divide.

Paige Pfleger

July 13, 2024

A shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania injured former President Donald Trump and killed one spectator as of the time of publication. Some Tennessee politicians say it’s an example of political divisiveness in the country, while others took the opportunity to criticize President Joe Biden.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Elections 2024, gun violence, Joe Biden

Super Tuesday brought no surprises in Tennessee as Biden, Trump face off for presidency

Blaise Gainey, Rachel Iacovone, Alexis MarshallandCynthia Abrams

March 6, 2024

Likely because of the predictable outcome, voter turnout across the nation has been low in comparison to past primaries. The same held true in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: democrats, Donald Trump, election, election day, Elections, Elections 2024, Joe Biden, primary elections, republicans, Sumner County Constitutional Republicans

The special session failed to yield gun reform. Now Tennessee democrats are looking to a new federal office for support.

Paige Pfleger

September 21, 2023

Democratic senators and representatives from Tennessee will be present Friday at the White House when President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new office on gun violence prevention.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, gun reform, gun violence, Joe Biden, special session

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlights his presidential agenda during speech at annual Tennessee Republican dinner

Blaise Gainey

July 16, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped in Nashville Saturday night to give a keynote speech at the 44th Annual Statesman’s Dinner. The Republican fundraiser has boasted big names in the party in the past, but for DeSantis, this worked as a chance to give state lawmakers his presidential campaign speech.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, republicans, Ron DeSantis, Tennessee Republican Party, TNGOP

Tennessee Three receive invitation to visit the White House

Blaise Gainey

April 19, 2023

Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones are expected to head to the White House next Monday to visit with President Joe Biden.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Davidson County Election Commission, Gloria Johnson, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, shelby county, Tennessee Three, tnleg, tnpol

The nation reacts to the Tennessee legislature’s expulsion of 2 Black lawmakers

Rachel Iacovone

April 7, 2023

History has its eyes on Tennessee. And so do powerful people — near and far.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bernice King, Bob Mendes, Freddie O'Connell, Gloria Johnson, hillary clinton, Joe Biden, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, Kamala Harris, March For Our Lives, NAACP, Sandra Sepulveda, Zulfat Suara

Gov. Bill Lee won’t consider pardoning small marijuana possession offenses after President Biden urges states to act

Blaise Gainey

October 6, 2022

In Tennessee, small possession of marijuana is punishable by up to one year in jail and $2,500 dollars. But Cosby Republican Rep. Jeremy Faison, the Tennessee House Republican Caucus Chair, cast doubt that many Tennesseans are arrested solely for simple possession. 

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Jeremy Faison, Joe Biden, marijuana

One Nashville borrower on what Biden’s student debt forgiveness means for her

Alexis Marshall

August 24, 2022

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Tennesseans carry more than $30 billion in student loan debt. But President Biden’s forgiveness plan announced Wednesday will make a dent in that figure.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Higher Education, Joe Biden, student loans, Tennessee State University, Vanderbilt

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