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Tenn. governor signs bill regulating medication abortions

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will strictly regulate the dispensing of abortion pills, including imposing harsh penalties on doctors who violate them

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Much Wow: Largest Commercial Dogecoin Transaction Ever Buys BIG3 Basketball Team

A professional basketball league co-founded by rapper Ice Cube announced a way for fans and investors to purchase teams.

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Tennessee governor won't release records on execution error

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has refused to release records that could illuminate his decision to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith last month

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Tennessee halts executions ahead of a review of lethal injections

Lethal injections will remain paused through the end of the year

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Tennessee pauses executions, will review lethal injections

Republican Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee will pause executions and conduct an independent review of a lethal injection testing oversight that forced him to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die this month

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Attorneys want moratorium, probe after execution halted

After an undisclosed “oversight” forced Tennessee to abruptly cancel the execution of Oscar Smith last week, his attorneys are asking for a moratorium on executions and a review of the state’s execution protocols

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School library bill advances, sponsor suggests book burning

Tennessee Republicans have advanced legislation that would place more scrutiny over what books are placed in public schools libraries just moments after the bill’s House sponsor said any inappropriate book should be burned

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Governor to give details on canceled execution next week

Gov. Bill Lee's spokesperson says the Republican will release more details on Monday surrounding why he abruptly canceled the execution of Oscar Smith, delaying his previous plan to reveal the reasons this week

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Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill

Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports

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Second South Carolina execution on hold after court halts firing squad plan

Two days after pausing plans for a rare firing squad execution, South Carolina's Supreme Court announces it is putting another execution on hold as inmates challenge the constitutionality of the state's capital punishment methods.

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2nd SC execution on hold after court halts firing squad plan

The South Carolina Supreme Court has put another execution on hold, two days after temporarily blocking plans for a rare firing squad execution

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Tennessee gov: No new details yet why he canceled execution

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is declining to provide any new information surrounding why they had to call off the state’s first execution since the pandemic began

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Texas executes its oldest death row inmate

Huntsville (United States) (AFP) - Texas executed its oldest death row inmate on Thursday, a 78-year-old man convicted of killing a policeman more than 30 years ago during a routine traffic stop.

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Tennessee governor calls off Oscar Smith execution, citing ‘oversight in preparation for lethal injection’

Execution was planned for night of 21 April

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Bill regulating medication abortions heads to Tenn. governor

Tennessee would become the latest state to impose harsh penalties on doctors who violate new, strict regulations dictating the dispensing of abortion pills under a proposal headed toward Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk

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Trump-endorsed candidate removed from ballot by her own party after being dubbed a carpetbagger

‘I believe that voters in Middle Tennessee should pick their representative - not establishment party insiders’

Daily Mirror

Death row killer who says he never held murder weapon to die by lethal injection

Oscar Smith was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was found guilty of murdering Judith Robirds Smith, 35, and her teen sons from a previous marriage 16-year-old Chad Burnett and 13-year-old Jason Burnett inside a home in Nashville in 1989

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Tennessee governor declines to intervene as execution looms

Tennessee’s governor says he won't intervene in the state's plans to execute an inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago

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Tennessee offers to expand dental schools as Medicaid coverage stretches need

More than 600,000 additional Medicaid patients in Tennessee may soon be covered with comprehensive dental benefits under a proposal by Republican Gov. Bill Lee. But the state, one of the last to extend dental coverage to adults, is also trying to make sure those Medicaid enrollees can find dentists willing…

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NFL: Indoor stadium would ‘greatly’ help Nashville’s chances of hosting Super Bowl

"We know first-hand that Nashville can put on world-class events with their hospitality," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

The Independent UK

Sources: Governor to propose $500M for new Titans stadium

Sources tell The Associated Press that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to propose $500 million in bonds in the state budget to help fund a new covered Tennessee Titans stadium envisioned for Nashville

Salon

A national plan to kill public schools

Exclusive: Hillsdale College's "classical" charter schools are spreading fast — but the true goal is much bigger

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Tennessee enacts new state legislative districts

Tennessee enacted new state legislative districts on Feb. 6, 2022, when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a proposal approved by both legislative chambers into law. The maps will take effect for Tennessee’s 2022 state legislative elections.

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Tennessee enacts new congressional districts

Tennessee enacted new congressional districts on Feb. 6 when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the legislature’s approved proposal into law. Tennessee was apportioned nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census, the same number it received after the 2010 census. This map will take effect for…

The Independent UK

Tennessee's Gov. Lee signs map splitting Nashville

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved a proposal to split fast-growing Nashville into multiple congressional seats

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