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Tennessee State Senate

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

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

The first lawmaker ousted from the Tennessee Senate calls the move ‘beyond partisan’

Blaise Gainey

February 3, 2022

The Tennessee Senate expelled Democrat Katrina Robinson of Memphis on Wednesday. She is the first member to be kicked out in the Senate’s history.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Tennessee Politics, Tennessee State Senate

A New Message From Tennessee GOP Leaders: Vaccines Save Lives

Blake Farmer

July 27, 2021

Randy McNally

Republican lawmakers are urging more residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. A letter signed by 16 state senators touts the benefits of the shots and warns about the danger of not getting them.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care Tagged With: coronavirus vaccine, COVID, COVID-19, Randy McNally, Tennessee Legislature, Tennessee State Senate, vaccinations, vaccine hesitancy, Vaccines

Gov. Bill Lee Signs Bill Limiting Transgender Athletes Into Law

Rachel Iacovone

March 26, 2021

Gov. Bill Lee signing legislation on July 13, 2020.

Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill into law barring transgender students from competing in girls’ sports. Lee has previously said transgender athletes would “put a glass ceiling back over women.”  I signed the bill to preserve women's athletics and ensure fair competition. This legislation responds to damaging federal policies that stand in opposition to […]

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 112th Tennessee General Assembly, ACLU, Bill Lee, General Assembly, legislature, lgbt, Tennessee Legislature, Tennessee State Senate, transgender

Democrats Help Pass College ID Voter Law in Senate

Mack Linebaugh

March 14, 2013

Despite some opposition from his own party yesterday, a Murfreesboro Republican won passage of a measure that would make college IDs sufficient forms of voter identification.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Ketron, college ID, MTSU, Stacey Campfield, Tennessee State Senate, Voter Identification Laws

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