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Tennessee General Assembly

Tennessee breaks ground on $415M training facility for state law enforcement

Blaise Gainey

September 28, 2023

The state of Tennessee is building a $415 million consolidated law enforcement campus in Nashville. The facility is expected to be complete by 2025. It’ll be the administrative headquarters for Tennessee’s Department of Correction and the Department of Safety & Homeland Security.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Caleb Hemmer, law enforcement, Tennessee General Assembly, tnleg

Signs will be allowed in the Tennessee House, after being banned during the special legislative session

Marianna Bacallao

September 14, 2023

A legal challenge to a controversial statehouse rule has been settled.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: ACLU, General Assembly, gun reform, special session, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee State Senate, tnleg, tnpol

Mothers, lawmakers and the TFA: Inside the hearing on whether signs will be allowed in the Tennessee House

Marianna Bacallao

August 28, 2023

Several activists, both for and against gun reform, packed into a Nashville courtroom Monday morning to hear arguments over whether spectators can hold signs in the House chamber during the special legislative session. The final ruling: They can.

Filed Under: Politics, Special Session 2023, Special Session 2023 In Depth, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, General Assembly, special session, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee State Senate, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee Attorney General asks Nashville judge to reconsider ruling that allows demonstrators to hold signs at special session

Marianna Bacallao

August 24, 2023

The Tennessee Attorney General is asking a Nashville judge to reconsider blocking a new statehouse rule. State Republicans in the House voted to ban demonstrators from holding signs inside the gallery at the start of this week’s special legislative session.

Filed Under: Politics, Special Session 2023, Special Session 2023 In Depth, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, General Assembly, Jonathan Skrmetti, special session, Tennessee Attorney General, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee State Senate, tnleg, tnpol

Covenant School parents criticize Tennessee Senate for adjourning early

Marianna Bacallao

August 24, 2023

Parents of the Covenant School are urging the Tennessee legislature to pass two bills. One would keep child autopsies private. “We can all fill in the blanks of what a high-capacity rifle can do to a small body,” says Mary Joyce. Her 9-year-old daughter lived through the Covenant School attack.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Special Session 2023, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Covenant School, General Assembly, special session, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee State Senate, tnleg, tnpol

Listen: Special session Day 3 updates from This Is Nashville

WPLN Staff

August 23, 2023

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WPLN journalists Rose Gilbert, Char Datson and Tony Gonzalez share the latest from the Tennessee General Assembly’s special legislative session on public safety.

Filed Under: Special Session 2023 Tagged With: Covenant School, Randy McNally, special session, Tennessee General Assembly

Tennessee’s senate is refusing to hear most of the bills filed for the special legislative session

Rose Gilbert

August 23, 2023

The Tennessee State Senate is refusing to hear nearly all of the bills filed for this week’s special legislative session.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Special Session 2023, Special Session 2023 In Depth, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, General Assembly, special session, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate, Tennessee State Senate

Tensions ignite as Tennessee lawmakers set session restrictions

Blaise GaineyandTony Gonzalez

August 21, 2023

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Special session, special restrictions. The Tennessee House adopted rules on Monday that limit what lawmakers can say and how they’ll file proposals this week.

Filed Under: Special Session 2023, Special Session 2023 In Depth, WPLN News Tagged With: Jason Powell, special session, Tennessee General Assembly

Former Tennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey sentenced to 21 months in prison

Marianna BacallaoandBlaise Gainey

August 11, 2023

Former state Sen. Brian Kelsey has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for campaign finance violations. The Germantown Republican admitted to illegally funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his state campaign to his failed bid for Congress in 2016, according to court documents.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Brian Kelsey, campaign finance, Tennessee General Assembly, tnleg, tnpol, wire fraud

Fire or active shooter? Tennessee teachers could be tasked with determining the difference when the alarm goes off

Alexis Marshall

August 10, 2023

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During the Covenant school shooting, 911 calls show at least one teacher stepped into the hallway after hearing alarms go off, thinking it could be a fire drill.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Special Session 2023, Special Session 2023 In Depth, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, Fire, gun violence, school shooting, Tennessee General Assembly, William Lamberth

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