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GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is on track to become the latest state to adopt immigration enforcement policies designed to assist President Donald Trump's plan to suppress illegal immigration and carry out one of the largest mass deportation efforts in U.S....
Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms is back in court
As Louisiana schools remain stuck in the middle of a legal battle over a new state law requiring every public classroom to display the Ten Commandments, a panel of three judges heard arguments over the controversial mandate on Thursday morning. The law, which has been touted by...
US appeals court hears oral arguments on Florida ban on transgender care for minors
MIAMI (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Florida argued before a federal appeals court Wednesday that a lower-court judge was wrong to block a law last year that bans gender-affirming care for minors and restricts similar care for adults, though a pending U.S. Supreme Court case creates...
Tennessee Gov. Lee renews push for school vouchers, adds hurricane relief and immigration to effort
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday doubled down on his efforts to enact universal school vouchers throughout Tennessee by ordering the GOP-dominant Statehouse to pause their regular legislative duties and focus on passing a bill that would allow families to use public...
Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme Court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court this week for oral arguments over a similar Texas law. ...
Tennessee reverses course, releases redacted execution manual with vague details
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee on Thursday released a redacted version of its newly completed execution manual, blacking out sporadic titles and team names throughout the notably trimmed-down document that now provides vague guidelines and omits previously detailed steps on carrying out the...
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 US adolescents receive gender-affirming medications, researchers find
As U.S. lawmakers debate issues around health care for transgender youth, it’s been difficult to determine the number of young people receiving gender-affirming medications, leaving room for exaggerated and false claims. Now, a medical journal has published the most reliable...
Tennessee is refusing to release its new execution manual. Here is why it matters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's top prison officials said they aren't going to release the document to the public. The Tennessee Department of Correction last week told The Associated...
