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Politics

Middle Tennessee clergy say they were kept from undocumented patient at Catholic hospital

By Marianna Bacallao

April 15, 2026

clergy press conference Nashville hospital

Immigrant advocates are calling on a Catholic hospital chain to publicly release their policy on treating patients detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Ascension Saint Thomas, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rutherford County

Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillance

By Eric McDaniel, NPR

April 15, 2026

A monitor at a computer workstation bears the National Security Agency logo inside the Threat Operations Center.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is responsible for a huge share of intel collected by the U.S. Lawmakers and civil liberties advocates are worried it enables warrantless spying on U.S. citizens.

Filed Under: NPR News, Politics Tagged With: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, National security, surveillance, Tim Burchett

Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act bans student walkouts, protects conservative speakers

By Marianna Bacallao

April 13, 2026

College students who participate in walkouts could be suspended or expelled under a new measure passed by the Tennessee General Assembly on Monday.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Charlie Kirk, college, Gino Bulso, Higher Education, Justin Jones, Paul Rose, Politics, Ronnie Glynn, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee bans the name ‘West Bank’ from official documents

By Marianna Bacallao

April 13, 2026

Tennessee will no longer recognize the Middle Eastern region known as the West Bank in official state documents.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Charlane Oliver, Gaza, Israel, Laurie Cardoza-Moore, Palestine, Paul Rose, Richard Briggs, tnleg, tnpol, University of Tennessee

Tennessee adds criminal penalties for immigration offenses at White House’s behest

By Marianna Bacallao

April 7, 2026

The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a measure that would make it a state crime to remain in the U.S. after a final deportation order has been issued.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Donald Trump, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jack Johnson, Stephen Miller, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol

In Tennessee, you can’t kill to protect property. Lawmakers may allow wider use of deadly force

By Cynthia Abrams

April 6, 2026

In Tennessee, you’re allowed to protect against theft or trespassing on your property. A new proposal would allow deadly force to prevent a property crime.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, deadly force, homelessness, Rep. Kip Capley, Stephen Crump, Tracy Beard

Tennessee eases up on its unique child support rule for restoring voting rights after a felony

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

April 6, 2026

A new Tennessee law has eased up on two longstanding financial hurdles for people with felony sentences who want their voting rights back. That includes a unique requirement among states that they must have fully paid their child support costs.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Campaign Legal Center, Free Hearts, Gicola Lane, voting, voting rights

Statehouse rolls back Tennesseans’ ability to challenge laws

By Marianna Bacallao

April 5, 2026

Tennesseans will soon be limited in their ability to sue over state laws after the statehouse narrowly voted to limit one of the only paths residents have to challenge policies.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Jeff Yarbro, John Harris, John Stevens, Jonathan Skrmetti, Stella Yarbrough, Tennessee Firearms Association, tnleg, tnpol, United States Constitution

Tennessee is advancing White House immigration policy at the state level. Here’s where each proposal stands

By Marianna Bacallao

April 2, 2026

Immigration policy from the White House is slowly making its way through the Tennessee statehouse with the end of session just a few weeks away.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Cameron Sexton, Donald Trump, Elaine Davis, Gabby Salinas, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rick Scarbrough, Stephen Miller, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth

Suspension lifted for helicopter pilots who hovered near Kid Rock’s home

By Kristin M. Hall, APandTravis Loller, AP

March 30, 2026

The Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Fort Campbell, Kid Rock, No Kings

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