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Supreme Court

Tennessee won’t deny public schooling to students without legal status — for now

By Marianna Bacallao

April 22, 2025

A state review found the bill could’ve jeopardized more than $1 billion in federal education funding if enacted, as it violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Given the potential loss, House leadership paused consideration of the bill after it passed the Senate earlier this month.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bo Watson, immigrants, Immigration, Supreme Court, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, TIRRC, tnleg, tnpol, Trump Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, undocumented students

Tennessee Senate passes measure to challenge federal education rights for undocumented students

By Marianna Bacallao

April 10, 2025

A measure to challenge the right to an education for undocumented students narrowly passed the Tennessee Senate, 19-13, to the outrage of protesters inside and outside of the chamber.

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

Chattanooga school principals decry bill to deny undocumented students an education

By Marianna Bacallao

April 9, 2025

They oppose a bill that would allow K-12 schools to refuse students based on their immigration status.

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

Tennessee could lose up to $1B in education funding under bill denying undocumented students

By Marianna Bacallao

April 1, 2025

A bill that would allow schools to refuse undocumented students could put Tennessee in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

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

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

By 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

Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case

By Mark Sherman, AP

March 11, 2025

The conservative-led court said Monday it’ll hear a challenge to the law, amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military service and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, anti-lgbt legislaton, Associated Press, lgbt, lgbtq, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, transgender, U.S. Supreme Court

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

By 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

How TN Republicans could overturn a landmark SCOTUS immigration case

By Marianna Bacallao

February 6, 2025

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Tennessee schools would be able to refuse undocumented students, under a new proposal from Republican leaders in the statehouse. The measure goes against U.S. Supreme Court precedent by design.

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

NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee abortions after Tennessee’s abortion ban

By Nina Cardona

June 24, 2024

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What did Tennessee’s abortion ban actually change? Plus the local news for June 24, 2024.

Filed Under: Health Care, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, Planned Parenthood, Supreme Court

Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes

By The Associated Press

June 14, 2024

The Supreme Court has made it harder for the federal government to win court orders when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns in a case that stemmed from a labor dispute with Starbucks.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Labor unions, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, union, Unionization

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