Tennessee

Tennessee GOP lawmakers rule out gun control, hit impasse in session after school shooting

By Jonathan Mattise, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The Senate's decision Thursday to adjourn until Monday leaves little certainty about what lawmakers might ultimately pass. However, they have all but guaranteed it won't be any significant gun control change.

GOP-led Tennessee legislature orders removal of public from gun control hearing

By Jonathan Mattise, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

On Tuesday, families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears after Republican leaders ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control…

Lawsuit says Tennessee's US House and state Senate maps discriminate against communities of color

By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, a variety of civil rights groups and voters say the redistricting tactic has violated the 14th and 15th amendments by diluting the power of Black voters and other communities of color.

Member of 'Tennessee Three' makes move toward 2024 Senate bid

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

Johnson was the lone Democratic member of the so-called "Tennessee Three" to narrowly survive a Republican-led expulsion effort earlier this year. Yet, even with the national spotlight, Johnson is expected to face an uphill battle against Blackburn.

News Wrap: Trump enters plea on additional charges in classified documents case

In our news wrap Friday, former President Trump entered another not-guilty plea, this time to a revised indictment in the classified documents case, a court in Russia sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 more years in prison and the…

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Both expelled members of 'Tennessee Three' win back their state House seats after special election

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The young Black lawmakers had been reinstated by local officials after being booted from the GOP-dominated Statehouse, but only on an interim basis.

How Jason Aldean's controversial hit song became a cultural flashpoint

By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas

One of the most popular country music hits of the summer is Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town." But the song has ignited controversy and faced backlash from fans who say the lyrics encourage racism and violence. The…

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Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney general

By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

The lawsuit says Vanderbilt knows state leaders are hostile towards transgender rights, but didn't try to remove their personally identifying information.

DeSantis unhurt in a car accident in Tennessee while traveling to presidential campaign events

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

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.

CMT pulls Jason Aldean music video that was filmed at a lynching site

By Maria Sherman, Associated Press

In the video, Aldean performs in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee -- the site of the 1946 Columbia race riot and the 1927 mob lynching of an 18-year-old Black teenager named Henry Choate.