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Lawmakers push for Tennessee schools to offer free feminine hygiene products

By Camellia Burris

February 18, 2026

A bill moving through the statehouse would provide free feminine hygiene products to students at Tennessee schools. Supporters maintain that increased access to these products will improve students’ academic performance. 

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: at the statehouse, bills, Karen Camper, legislation, Raumesh Akbari, school, Sen. Raumesh Akbari, Senate, Tennessee Department of Health

Checking in on ‘community benefits agreements’ in Tennessee — and the new law curbing them

By Cynthia Abrams

June 16, 2025

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A new Tennessee law that takes effect in July will ban “community benefits agreements” for companies that have received state economic incentives. It arrives seven years after the state’s first such agreement.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Blue Oval City, Blue Oval Good Neighbors, CBAs, Community benefits agreement, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Geodis Park, Lindsey Paola, Nashville SC, Nashville soccer, odessa kelly, Page Walley, Raumesh Akari, Sen. Raumesh Akbari, Stand Up Nashville

Gov. Bill Lee supports in vitro fertilization access. Polls show most Tennesseans agree.

By Catherine Sweeney

December 4, 2024

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has clarified his support for in vitro fertilization as debate over the procedure continues in the U.S.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Gov. Bill Lee, IVF, Rep. Harold Love, reproductive health, Sen. Raumesh Akbari

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