Tennessee lawmakers will reconvene in Nashville Tuesday for the 114th General Assembly. Their priorities are already clear.
‘We need to defend this law’: Inside an anti-abortion meeting with Tennessee’s GOP lawmakers
Anti-abortion groups helped write and pass laws that banned abortion as soon as Roe v. Wade was overturned. These groups see Tennessee’s ban as the country’s strongest — and they want to keep it that way, according to audio reviewed by ProPublica.
Texas-styled abortion bill pulled from consideration in Tennessee legislature
A bill that proposed an even stricter version of the new Texas abortion law has been pulled from consideration. Its sponsor says Republican leaders have been resistant.
Tennessee lawmakers consider taking the Texas abortion law a step further, to ban almost all abortions
A proposal circulating in the Tennessee legislature and obtained by WPLN News could effectively ban abortions in the state.
Responding To Harsh Audit, Tennessee Prisons Propose Move To Electronic Medical Records
The Tennessee Department of Correction has identified technology to solve many of the issues found by the State Comptroller. The report released Friday has 18 negative findings questioning prison management.
Gov. Bill Lee And Lawmakers Push Resolution To Express Support To Israel
Listen Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation Thursday expressing support for Israel, in a ceremony held after the resolution was supported unanimously in the state Senate.
Attorney General Says Taking Away Vanderbilt’s Police Force Questionable
The Tennessee attorney general says legislation that would take away Vanderbilt University’s right to have a police force is “questionably suspect.”
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