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Tennessee advances a challenge to education rights for immigrant students, despite mounting opposition

Marianna Bacallao

March 26, 2025

A challenge to federal education rights is one step closer to passage, despite mounting pressure from protesters and faith leaders.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bo Watson, Charlie Baum, Gabby Salinas, immigrants, Immigration, Raumesh Akbari, Rutherford County Schools, Supreme Court, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students, William Lamberth

Tennessee schools could charge tuition for students without legal status under a bill advancing in the statehouse

Marianna Bacallao

March 5, 2025

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Schools could refuse to teach students without legal status, or charge their families tuition, under the bill.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bo Watson, immigrants, Immigration, Raumesh Akbari, Rutherford County Schools, Supreme Court, tnleg, tnpol, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students

Tennessee lawmakers react to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict

Marianna Bacallao

May 31, 2024

Republicans are reiterating their support for former President Donald Trump after a New York jury found him guilty on all counts in a history-making criminal case.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Ogles, Bill Hagerty, Bill Lee, Donald Trump, Elections 2024, Jeff Yarbro, Marsha Blackburn, Raumesh Akbari, Steve Cohen

Tempers flare as Senate passes measure allowing teachers to conceal carry firearms on campus

Blaise Gainey

April 10, 2024

The Tennessee Senate began session Tuesday afternoon with a full gallery of parents and students ready to make their voices heard in dissent of a bill to arm teachers.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: arming teachers, firearms, guns, Mary Joyce, Randy McNally, Raumesh Akbari

Students would have to watch a fetal development video created by an anti-abortion group under TN Senate bill

Blaise Gainey

March 21, 2024

Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma, wants kids to learn about early fetal development from a video depiction. The bill she’s sponsoring is headed to the Senate floor. It’d require that schools add a video like “Meet Baby Olivia” to their family life curriculum.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, anti-abortion rights, Janice Bowling, Raumesh Akbari, tnleg, tnpol

House Speaker Cameron Sexton says Tennessee should do everything it can to be independent from the federal government

Blaise Gainey

September 28, 2023

Federal funding for education in Tennessee is under scrutiny by state lawmakers. Speakers of both the state House and Senate have announced that they’re putting together a working group to study the impact of federal education funding in and out of the classroom.  

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, Education, federal funding, Jon Lundberg, K-12, Raumesh Akbari, tnpol

Top Tennessee officials react to news of reversal of abortion law

Blaise Gainey

May 3, 2022

Tennessee Republicans are reiterating their opposition to abortion after a Supreme Court draft ruling was leaked, but officials focused more on the person who leaked the ruling, than the ruling itself.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Attorney General, Bill Lee, Herbert Slatery, Jeff Yarbro, Marsha Blackburn, Raumesh Akbari, Supreme Court, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee Democrats, U.S. Supreme Court

Tennessee lawmakers close in on restricting out-of-state abortion pills, telehealth

Blake Farmer

April 5, 2022

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A proposed restriction on abortions in Tennessee takes aim at telehealth consultations with out-of-state providers. The bill, which is set for final passage, could become much more relevant if Roe v. Wade is struck down.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, medication abortion, Mike Bell, Raumesh Akbari

Tennessee joins growing list of states legalizing at-home tests to detect fentanyl in drugs

Samantha Max

March 22, 2022

Rapid tests that can detect the powerful opioid fentanyl may soon become much more available in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, drug overdose, fentanyl, Raumesh Akbari

Tennessee Democrats Discuss Missed Opportunities, Lessons Learned From This Year’s Legislative Session

Samantha Max

May 7, 2021

It was a tough year for the minority party in the state legislature, and after the session’s wrap earlier this week, Democratic lawmakers criticized Republican for focusing on what they called “Fox News problems” instead of making life better for Tennesseans.

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, Karen Camper, raumesh, Raumesh Akbari, Tennessee Democratic Party, Vincent Dixie

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