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Officials can't interfere with local Tennessee Pride festival under anti-drag law, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled law enforcement officials can’t use a Tennessee law that strictly limits drag shows to interfere with a local Pride festival this weekend

The Independent UK

ACLU sues Tennessee district attorney who promises to enforce the state's new anti-drag show ban

Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation law placing strict limits on drag shows is facing another legal challenge

The Independent UK

Breaking impasse, Tennessee lawmakers adjourn tumultuous session spurred by school shooting

Tennessee lawmakers have ended a special session initially touted to improve public safety in the wake of a deadly school shooting

The Independent UK

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Former 2-term Republican Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist dies at 87

Former Tennessee governor Don Sundquist has died after a short illness

The Independent UK

Gun control already ruled out, Tennessee GOP lawmakers hit impasse in session after school shooting

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have hit an impasse just a few days into a special session sparked by a deadly school shooting in March

The Independent UK

In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing

The second day of Tennessee’s special legislative session has been filled with emotional and chaotic scenes in which Republican lawmakers largely ignored calls to address gun control

The Independent UK

Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control

Tennessee lawmakers are convening a special session this week that highlights the divergent response states are taking to a spate of mass shootings

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After school shooting, Tennessee lawmakers not expected to take up gun control in special session

Tennessee lawmakers will gavel in for a special session stemming from a shooting at a Nashville elementary school that left six dead, including three young children

The Independent UK

Gun control unlikely in GOP-led special session following Tennessee school shooting

Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Legislature will soon return to the state Capitol months after a deadly school shooting

The Independent UK

Tennessee governor outlines agenda for special session in wake of Nashville school shooting

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled a sweeping list of public safety issues he wants lawmakers to address during an upcoming special session

The Independent UK

Tennessee governor declines to say if he has enough votes for gun proposal

Gov. Bill Lee wouldn’t say whether his proposal to keep firearms away from dangerous people has enough support inside Tennessee’s Republican-dominant Statehouse to survive the upcoming special legislative session

The Independent UK

Families form nonprofits to address gun, school safety after Nashville school shooting

Families connected to a Nashville school that experienced a fatal shooting earlier this year have created nonprofits to not only promote school safety and mental health resources, but also to form an action fund to push legislative policy changes

The Independent UK

Who Benefits Most from the Tennessee Works Tax Act?

The Tennessee Works Tax Act cuts taxes for Tennessee residents. But do businesses benefit more than families?

Kiplinger

US sees deadliest six months of mass killings on record since at least 2006

From the first day of the year to the end of June, the US endured 28 mass killings, and the death toll rose just about every week

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US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

Unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. this year has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006

The Independent UK

Trans youth and families condemn ‘heartbreaking’ Tennessee court ruling against gender-affirming care

Republican-appointed federal judges upheld a ban on gender-affirming care, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion and dismissing a wave of other court rulings in five states

The Independent UK

Tennessee law changes starting July 1 will restrict trans health care, fund more school safety

Republican lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee have approved hundreds of laws in Tennessee this year

The Independent UK

Families detail lives being “spun into turmoil” after Nashville school shooting in court docs

More than a dozen parents at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, have written about the stress, terror and sadness in the wake of the March shooting

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The Independent UK

Families detail stress, terror and sadness after Nashville school shooting in court docs

More than a dozen parents at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, have written about the stress, terror and sadness in the wake of the March shooting

Tribune News Service

Republican states arm teachers, fortify buildings in another year of school shootings

As another school year defined by mass shootings ends in America, Republican-led state legislatures passed measures this session to fortify schools, create guidelines for active shooter drills and safety officer responses, and allow teachers to be armed.

The Independent UK

Attorney: Ownership of Nashville shooter's writing to go students' parents

An attorney representing the shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school says that ownership of the shooter's writings will be transferred to the families of students at the school

The Conversation

Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

The drag shows will go on. At least for now.

The Independent UK

Ruling on Tennessee's anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps

Questions remain over how a law designed to limit drag shows in Tennessee will be enforced after a federal judge declared it unconstitutional while saying the decision only applied to the state’s most populated county

Salon

No one buys the "protect the kids" lie

The Tennessee drag decision shows even a Trump judge can see through the "protect the kids" lie

Salon

Trump judge keeps drag lawful in TN

Late Friday, Judge Thomas L. Parker ruled anti-drag laws unconstitutional after a two-day trial

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