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In West Tennessee, Fayette County Commission members remain at odds with residents of Mason over the closure of a community center, action some former board members for the center attribute to development of Ford BlueOval City. From @CStephenson731.
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The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court where the nation’s justices debated equal protection for transgender young people on Wednesday turned chaotic as dozens of supporters of transgender rights shouted down Tennessee lawmakers mid-press conference.
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Conservative justices question gender affirming care: tennesseelookout.com/2024/12…
Supreme Court justices appear to be coming down on party lines on gender affirming care argument. Gorsuch stays quiet.
These court arguments will be telling: tennesseelookout.com/2024/12…
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Amid a national debate over contraception and in-vitro fertilization, Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state law that would guarantee those reproductive rights after Republicans banned abortions in nearly all cases, writes @stockard_sam.
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A new Tennessee law prohibits sexually explicit content in public school libraries - leading to wholesale removal of books without any formal review
Rutherford County pulled 150 titles in 24 hours based on a complaint by a single board member
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State Funding Board sets budget growth range at 1% to 2% for fiscal 2025-26 general fund amid business tax reduction and rebate.
Rep. Clemmons retains House Democratic Caucus chairmanship over Rep. Pearson. No vote count announced.
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After years of advocacy from conservation groups, Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday signed an executive order aiming to protect the Duck River, the longest and most biodiverse river in Tennessee.
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A lawsuit accuses a trio of federal agencies of illegally allowing CSX Transportation to dredge a pristine Tennessee river gorge for boulders, other materials to shore up rail tracks destroyed by Helene flooding
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Sam Stockard retweeted
Tennessee Democratic lawmaker on private prison operator, CoreCivic:
“They’re popping champagne corks for the last two weeks because they think their stocks are going up because of an influx in the prison population.”
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"Where have all the good times gone": tennesseelookout.com/2024/11…
Despite $3.3B, Transportation Department wants more to maintain, build roads: tennesseelookout.com/2024/11…
House Dem Caucus Leader Camper draws competition from Rep. G.A. Hardaway and Chairman John Ray Clemmons from Rep. Justin Pearson. Vote is Saturday.
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ICYMI: The rising costs of medical care and drugs, including the demand for diabetes and weight loss medications like Ozempic, are factors in TennCare's ask for a nearly $1 billion budget boost.
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Uncertainty over President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for federal tax credits and loan programs supporting American electric vehicle manufacturing could stall Tennessee’s fast-growing electric vehicle and clean energy industries, analysts say.
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William H. “Bill” Freeman, a titan of Nashville’s business community, former mayoral candidate and a leading fundraiser for the Democratic Party, died Sunday night at the age of 73.
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