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A new Tennessee law blocks some immigrants from buying property

Blaise Gainey

May 30, 2023

A new law aims to prevent foreign governments from buying agricultural land in Tennessee. But it has a wide scope that could affect certain people and not just their countries.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: China, Housing, immigrant, immigrants, Jason Zachary, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, TIRRC, tnleg, tnpol

What’s next for the case against Tennessee’s drag restrictions

Marianna Bacallao

May 24, 2023

The fate of a first-of-its-kind law restricting drag in Tennessee is now in the hands of a federal judge. Attorneys in a legal challenge to the new law delivered closing arguments Tuesday.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, ACLU, drag, Friends of George's, General Assembly, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Memphis Pride, Pride, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says late summer date for special session on guns wasn’t his call

Blaise Gainey

May 11, 2023

Most public schools in the state will start this August, shortly before a special session on gun reform starts. That has some advocates speculating that Gov. Bill Lee had that in mind when he selected Aug. 21. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, gun reform, red flag law, special session, Tennessee General Assembly, tnleg, tnpol

Gov. Bill Lee signs law to fund school security. Activists say it doesn’t address the root of the problem.

Blaise Gainey

May 10, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee signed on Wednesday what he says is the first response to the Covenant School shooting. It’s a school safety package that opponents say does not address the real issue.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, Covenant School, gun laws, gun reform, school safety, Tennessee State Capitol, tnleg, tnpol

State sets aside $20M for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers

Blaise Gainey

May 7, 2023

Hope Clinic

Republican lawmakers worked with Gov. Bill Lee this year to put aside $20 million dollars in the upcoming budget for crisis pregnancy centers, which counsel people against abortions.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Abortion, Bill Lee, crisis pregnancy center, tnleg, tnpol

Gov. Bill Lee has hundreds of bills left to be signed. Here’s a few.

Blaise Gainey

May 2, 2023

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

Gov. Bill Lee has managed to sign more than 300 bills into law this year but still has a lot more to go. Here’s some of the pending legislation that the General Assembly sent him this session.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Metro Sports Authority, third grade retention, tnleg, tnpol

DOJ sues Tennessee over law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Marianna Bacallao

April 27, 2023

Two people wrapped in a pride flag attend a vigil Nashville for the victims of a mass shooting at an LGBT+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Nov. 19, 2022.

Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for transgender kids is facing another challenge. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against the state, arguing that the new law violates the Fourteenth Amendment and will deny “medically necessary care” for trans youth.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, ACLU, drag, General Assembly, legislature, lgbt, lgbtq, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

Watchdog group requests investigation into House speaker over use of state tax dollars

Blaise Gainey

April 26, 2023

During the last weeks of session, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, told reporters that he resides in Nashville along with his family during session. Now a nonprofit watchdog has asked for a criminal investigation into Sexton’s use of state tax dollars.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Cameron Sexton, tnleg, tnpol

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