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Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed ...
Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after finalizing $1.9B tax cut and refund for businesses
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s GOP-controlled General Assembly on Thursday adjourned for the year, concluding months of tense political infighting that doomed ...
Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care
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FILE – The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. On Thursday, April 25, 2024, Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse gave ...
Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to ...
Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools
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Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly ...
Tennessee Gov. Lee admits defeat in school voucher push
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee conceded defeat Monday in his push to enact universal school vouchers this year, acknowledging ...
Tennessee lawmakers send bill to ban first-cousin marriages to governor
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban ...
Tennessee lawmakers dismantle HBCU’s board of trustees, to the dismay of students and alumni
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Black lawmakers, students and alumni of Tennessee State University are outraged that Gov. Bill Lee, in an unprecedented move, signed into law ...
Tennessee politicians strip historically Black university of its board
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed Thursday under legislation signed into law by ...
Tennessee governor signs bill to undo Memphis traffic stop reforms after Tyre Nichols death
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in ...
