Misinformation is spreading among Tennessee Republican lawmakers, like that the governor is planning for “quarantine camps.” So his office is trying to cut off the “conspiracy theories unfortunately being shared as fact.”
Tennessee House Speaker Backs Away From Overturning Masks In Schools, But Says Parents Need Options
The comments come after House Republicans called for a special session to deal with mask mandates. But Sexton, who has spearheaded the effort, claims it’s not meant to override school boards requiring masks.
Tennessee House Speaker Asks Governor For Special Session To Roll Back Local COVID Rules
In a letter to Gov. Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton says, “There is a need to curtail the overreach by independent health boards and officials” and “protect all Tennesseans from misdirected mandates.” The request is signed by almost all House Republicans.
TSU Using COVID Relief Funding For $100 Vaccine Incentives
Tennessee Republicans banned public universities from requiring COVID shots. But one is at least offering cash incentives to improve the campus vaccination rate.
From Kindergarten To College, Masks Make A Spotty But Divisive Comeback In Tennessee
Masking in schools has become so divisive that even Tennessee’s health commissioner won’t suggest whether districts should require face coverings. But at the same time, she’s asking for help so the state avoids overrunning children’s hospitals with pediatric COVID patients.
Tennessee Quietly Reinstates Emergency Order To Relieve Short-Staffed Hospitals
Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order Friday reinstating flexibility for hospitals that find themselves short-staffed, allowing out-of-state or recently retired nurses and doctors and nursing graduates who have not yet passed their licensure exam to work in Tennessee. The order is set to expire Oct. 5.
On Masking In Schools, Tennessee’s Governor Says ‘Parents Should Be Deciders’
Tennessee’s top officials have landed on a public stance for masking in schools: parents should decide.
In Tennessee Nursing Homes, Staffers Are Now The Ones Getting COVID
The people getting sick with COVID in Tennessee nursing homes has flipped: Instead of residents falling ill, now it’s mostly the staff.
Here’s Why Tennessee Is Concerned About Capacity At Children’s Hospitals
Right now, there are only 27 pediatric COVID patients in hospitals statewide. But Tennessee seems to be just a few weeks behind Arkansas and Louisiana, which have similarly low vaccination rates and where children’s hospitals now have more COVID patients than ever.
Court Upholds 48-Hour Waiting Period For Tennesseans Seeking Abortions
Tennesseans will again have to wait 48 hours before getting an abortion. That waiting period had been reinstated in April while a challenge to the law was being appealed. But Thursday, the Sixth Circuit Court ruled the law is constitutional, reversing a district court decision.
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