Tennessee has a new lethal injection protocol and is moving to schedule executions. At the same time, there are lingering concerns about the new protocol.
After disruption, nonprofits will be able to send books to Tennessee prisoners again
Last year, the Tennessee Department of Correction made it impossible for books-to-prisons nonprofits to mail books to prisoners in Tennessee.
TN Republicans want a new public prison, as its private prison asks for more state dollars
Tennessee’s Department of Correction is asking for nearly $7 million in public funds to go toward the state’s for-profit prisons.
‘We don’t want people to stop calling.’ This police commander says immigrants’ trust is key to his work
Carlos Lara leads Nashville’s Southeast Precinct, where he serves some of Nashville’s largest immigrant communities.
First came the warning signs. Then a teen opened fire on a Nashville school.
Tennessee authorities were alerted to Solomon Henderson’s threatening and violent behavior long before he brought a gun to Antioch High School. It’s unclear how many red flags were heeded.
A rural Tennessee county changed the way it separates guns from dangerous people. Now the rest of the state may follow suit.
Two Republican state lawmakers filed legislation that would change Tennessee’s firearms dispossession form, closing a loophole that experts say leaves domestic violence victims vulnerable.
How many students have been expelled under Tennessee’s school threats law? There’s no clear answer.
When a mother in Tennessee reached out to ProPublica last year to share that her 10-year-old had been kicked out of school for making a finger gun, she wondered how many other kids had experienced the same thing.
Tennessee moms fight for policy changes after their sons were illegally isolated in juvenile detention
The mothers say their sons were locked in solitary confinement, sometimes for weeks at a time when they were inside a juvenile detention center.
Two years after Covenant, students march at the TN capitol in renewed push for gun reform
The shooting at Antioch High School has reignited calls for gun reform at the statehouse, but activists aren’t hopeful that much will change.
How Antioch High School is stepping up security and counseling
Class will not feel the same at Antioch High School this week. Metro Nashville Public Schools is implementing new security measures and says students and staff will spend the week focusing on emotional well-being, mental health support and community building.
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