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From arming teachers to corporate tax breaks: Tennessee’s new, extreme laws

Republican lawmakers passed laws criminalizing helping minors get abortions and handed billions of dollars to corporations

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Tennessee Allows Teachers To Be Armed In Schools

Tennessee law allows teachers to carry concealed handguns in schools, sparking debate on school safety and arming educators.

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Tennessee Approves Legislation Criminalizing Help For Minors' Gender-Affirming Care

Tennessee GOP passes groundbreaking law criminalizing aiding minors in gender-affirming care without parental consent, sparking debate on LGBTQ+ rights.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Quietly Kills Clemency Initiative for Drug-Free School Zone Offenders

Lee announced in 2021 that he was fast-tracking clemency petitions for inmates serving mandatory minimums that had since been repealed. Earlier this year, he scrapped the program with applications still pending.

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Tennessee Passes Bill Allowing Teachers To Be Armed In Schools

Tennessee bill allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns on school grounds awaits governor's decision, sparking mixed reactions and concerns.

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Tennessee Proposal: Parents Could Face Fines For Child's Offenses

Tennessee bill proposes fines for parents of repeat juvenile offenders; sparks debate between parties.

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Tennessee Governor Criticizes Volkswagen Unionization Vote

Governor Lee disapproves of Volkswagen plant unionization under UAW, UAW secures victory. President Biden supports workers' rights.

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Volkswagen workers vote yes to unionizing, igniting UAW's push to organize the South

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the UAW, setting a new trajectory for labor unions in the American South.

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Why this vote at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant is historic for the South

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., are voting this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Two previous attempts to unionize the plant failed. Ballots will be counted on Friday.

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Tennessee VW Workers Hold Key Unionization Vote

Volkswagen employees in Tennessee will begin casting ballots Wednesday in a vote that could make theirs the first foreign carmaker to unionize in the American South, expanding gains made by organized labor in the auto heartland of Detroit.

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Baseball has an overengineering problem and pitchers are dropping like flies

Many of MLB’s most talented stars are falling to injury as their elbows buckle under the stress of throwing max-effort on nearly every pitch

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Tennessee Passes Bill Requiring Anti-Abortion Video In Schools

Tennessee's 'Baby Olivia Act' requires students to watch a pro-life AI video on fetal development, sparking debate over accuracy and objectivity.

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Tennessee Lawmakers to Introduce Immigration Law, Drawing Comparison to Texas' SB4: Here's What They Propose

The bill would require police in the state to communicate with federal officials regarding the immigration status of a person

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‘You have imprisoned our democracy’: inside Republicans’ domination of Tennessee

A year after the Covenant school shooting in Nashville – and a mass movement for gun control – Republicans have accelerated their attacks on democratic norms

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Tennessee Governor Repeals Police Traffic Stop Reforms In Memphis

Governor Lee repeals Memphis police traffic stop reforms post Tyre Nichols' death, sparking controversy and criticism from Nichols' parents and Democratic ...

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Tennessee Governor Signs Law Blocking Local Police Reforms

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs bill blocking cities from enacting police reforms, sparking controversy over racial profiling and police violence concerns.

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Tennessee Makes History With Landmark Legislation To Protect Artists From AI

The move has been hailed as a crucial defense of artists' intellectual property rights in an era increasingly dominated by technological advances.

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Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state's right of publicity law. The new legislation includes AI-specific protections.

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Tennessee Enacts 'ELVIS Act' To Protect Music Industry

Tennessee's ELVIS Act protects artists' vocal likeness from AI replication, a significant step for the music industry.

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New TN bill permits LGBTQ+ marriage bias

The bill would also allow government officials to deny marriage rights to interracial couples, critics warn

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More seats were open in nation’s largest cities and school districts than in the previous three cycles

Welcome to the Thursday, February 8, 2024, Brew.

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Did an Operation Lone Star Contractor Fly Tennessee’s Governor to Eagle Pass?

Flight records indicate one of the governors at a Texas press event may have flown there on a jet owned by Gothams, a border contractor.

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Tennessee governor, music leaders launch push to protect songwriters and other artists against AI

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled new legislation designed to protect songwriters, performers and other music industry professionals against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence

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Cleanup, power restoration continues in Tennessee after officials say six died in severe storms

Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms that killed six people and sent more to the hospital

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Dolly Parton's transgender support

The singer spoke out in the wake of anti-transgender legislation that had passed in her home state of Tennessee

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