Jul 14 Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program By Associated Press The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt. Continue reading
Jun 28 Portions of transgender youth care bans in Kentucky, Tennessee blocked by federal judges By Bruce Schreiner, Dylan Lovan, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Continue reading
Jun 07 How a 950-mile bike ride is helping Cherokee youth reclaim their history By Adam Kemp, Gabrielle Hays, Hannah Grabenstein For the 15th straight year Cherokee youth are retracing the Trail of Tears on bikes in hopes of achieving a deeper understanding of their homeland and the forced removal that took it away. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 3:19 Memphis students build on long legacy of R&B and soul artists from their community At the Stax Music Academy in Memphis, students learn the fundamentals of music, building on the long legacy of R&B and soul artists who emerged from their local communities. The NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs produced this story for our arts… Continue watching
Jun 06 Ruling on Tennessee’s anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps By Adrian Sainz, Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press 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."… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 2:41 News Wrap: Biden signs debt limit deal in final days before deadline In our news wrap Saturday, Biden signed the bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit and avoid a potentially catastrophic default, three Israeli troops and an Egyptian officer died in an unusual shootout on the Israel-Egypt border, more than 280… Continue watching
Jun 03 Federal judge rules Tennessee’s anti-drag law ‘unconstitutionally vague’ By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press A Trump-appointed federal judge says Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows is unconstitutional. Continue reading
Apr 28 Republicans use nonviolent state capitol protests to redefine ‘insurrection’ By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Apr 24 WATCH: Biden thanks Tennessee 3 for ‘standing up for our kids’ By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Monday welcomed to the Oval Office the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse. Continue reading
Apr 19 WATCH: ‘Tennessee Three’ to visit Biden next week, White House says By Associated Press Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in protests over last month's school shooting in Nashville will visit the White House to meet with President Joe Biden on Monday. Continue reading