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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise

Tennessee opens session on school vouchers and Trump immigration push, as protests seek gun control

Tennessee Legislature - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse gaveled into session Monday with blueprints from Gov. Bill Lee to greatly expand school voucher access and find ways to embrace President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda.

But as lawmakers eased into the special session, they were met with renewed calls from the public for gun control changes less than a week after another school shooting. Last week, a 17-year-old Antioch High student killed a 16-year-old girl who also attended the school, before the shooter fatally shot himself.

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