Politics Jul 25 DeSantis unhurt in a car accident in Tennessee while traveling to presidential campaign events DeSantis was uninjured while traveling Tuesday to a campaign stop for his 2024 presidential bid. The chain reaction crash happened on Interstate 75 in Chattanooga.
Nation Jun 28 Portions of transgender youth care bans in Kentucky, Tennessee blocked by federal judges Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Politics Jun 22 A year after fall of Roe v. Wade, 25 million women live in states with abortion bans or restrictions Saturday is the one year anniversary of the court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling, which struck down Roe v. Wade. Abortion law is now in the hands of state lawmakers and courts.
Politics Jun 06 Ruling on Tennessee’s anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps Last week, U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker ruled that the first-in-the-nation law was "unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad," and encouraged "discriminatory enforcement."…
Politics Jun 03 Federal judge rules Tennessee’s anti-drag law ‘unconstitutionally vague’ A Trump-appointed federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional.
Politics May 20 AP report: Many bills restricting trans health care came from handful of far-right groups At least 17 states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. An Associated Press analysis found that often those bills sprang not from grassroots or constituent demand, but from the pens of a handful of conservative…
Politics Apr 28 Republicans use nonviolent state capitol protests to redefine ‘insurrection’ The silencing of a transgender lawmaker in Montana marks the third time in five weeks that Republicans have attempted to compare disruptive but nonviolent protests at state capitols to insurrections.
Politics Apr 13 State Rep. Justin Pearson reinstated to Tennessee House after expulsion State Rep. Justin Pearson was sworn in outside the state Capitol on Thursday, a week after he and state Rep. Justin Jones were banished for a gun control protest on the floor of the House.
Politics Apr 06 Tennessee House Republicans expel Democrats who participated in gun protest Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House on Thursday expelled the first of three Democratic members who were at risk of being thrown out of the Legislature for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control after the Nashville school shooting.
Nation Apr 04 Tennessee House GOP moves to expel 3 Democrats after participation in gun control protest The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further fractured an already deep political division inside the state's legislature.