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Politics

‘A hate crime is always one moment away:’ Nashville community reacts to neo-Nazi march

By Caroline Eggers

February 19, 2024

Tennessee officials, religious leaders and community members gathered Monday to condemn a neo-Nazi march.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: hate groups, Southern Poverty Law Center

Legal worries have Tennessee considering changes to a long-running tax on businesses

By Blaise Gainey

February 18, 2024

Tennessee is remodeling it’s franchise tax, which businesses pay to operate in the state. Along with the reform, they are planning to set aside more than a billion dollars for companies who have raised concerns about the way the tax is calculated.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton, Jonathan Skrmetti, taxes, tnleg, tnpol

Tennessee’s Senate passes a backup plan in case TSU’s board dissolves this summer. The sponsor hopes it’s never used.

By Alexis Marshall

February 15, 2024

Tennessee’s Senate passed a bill today that would put the state’s higher education commission in charge of Tennessee State University if its board of trustees sunsets this summer. Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, who sponsored the bill, said he hopes it is never used.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee State University

House Homeland chairman announces retirement a day after leading Mayorkas’ impeachment

By Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

February 15, 2024

Tennessee Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green has announced that he won’t run for a fourth term. Green has served in the 7th Congressional District, which encompass a portion of Nashville, since 2019.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Mark Green, Megan Barry

Tennessee GOP could change law to prevent Democrat’s simultaneous bids for Senate and statehouse

By Jonathan Mattise, AP

February 14, 2024

Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans attempted to expel her from the state House, Democrat Gloria Johnson is seeking another term there while simultaneously waging an uphill campaign for U.S. Senate. Republicans are trying to force her to choose one.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: David Hawk, Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, Justin Pearson

Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws

By Laura Ungar, APandAmanda Seitz, AP

February 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion. In North Carolina, more obstetrics patients of Dr. Clayton Alfonso and his colleagues are relying on early genetic screenings that […]

Filed Under: Health Care, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Dobbs v Jackson, Roe v. Wade

Elected officials in Tennessee can now refuse to marry same-sex couples under new law

By Blaise Gainey

February 12, 2024

While the wording of the bill is not striking, it could create a way for LGBTQ couples to have their fundamental right to marry denied. 

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, gay marriage, lgbtq, same-sex marriage, Tennessee General Assembly, tnleg, tnpol

Republican lawmakers are poised to get rid of TSU’s current board. The school is asking for more time to address their concerns.

By Alexis Marshall

February 12, 2024

As soon as this week, Tennessee’s Senate could vote to vacate Tennessee State University’s governing body. The school’s board of trustees is set to expire this summer. But instead of letting it lapse, this bill would remove all current trustees, allow the governor to replace most of them and extend the body’s authority for two […]

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee State University

New bill would tighten access to absentee voting in Tennessee

By Blaise Gainey

February 10, 2024

absentee ballot

Update: The Tennessee Senate passed the bill Monday, Feb. 12 on a party line vote.  The Tennessee General Assembly is poised to tighten the state’s absentee voting process. Right now, voters can request an absentee ballot seven days before an election, but Sen. Richard Briggs, R-Knoxville, wants to change the cutoff date to 10 days […]

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, absentee voting, Elections, Elections 2024, Politics, tnleg, tnpol

‘I have to be the change that I need to see’: Meet three first-time candidates running for the Tennessee House in 2024

By Rose Gilbert

February 9, 2024

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First-time political candidates are often spurred into action by personal experiences. Three new Democratic candidates on the ballot this fall in Tennessee are making the personal political through advocacy and action. Here’s what to know about Shaundelle Brooks, Allie Phillips and Luis Mata.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Allie Phillips, gun violence, Luis Mata, Shaundelle Brooks, tennessee house, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Waffle House shooting

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