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As GOP shifts strategy from election lawsuits to laws, voting rights advocates warn of Tennessee As Republican-led legislatures continue a systematic push to pass laws they say are aimed at ratcheting up election security, voting rights advocates in Tennessee worry the entire nation could soon look a lot like the Volunteer State, where voter turnout and voter registration figures are among the lowest in the country. The policy debate over voting rights and election integrity has exploded in sta...

WHYY By Although there is a nationwide shortage of volunteer firefighters, it is "pronounced in Pennsylvania," according to Steve Hirsch, chairman of the National Volunteer Firefighting Council. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY) Even before the pandemic, Pennsylvania was facing an extreme shortage of volunteer firefighters. According to a state legislative report, there were 300,000 volunteers during the 1970s. By 2018, that number had dwindled to 38,000. “Over the past 30 years, we’ve seen a decline in ...

Major firm setting up shop in Nashville New outpost of K&L Gates brings on Butler Snow attorneys, to operate from SoBro tower Major worldwide law firm K&L Gates is moving into Nashville, with a team of former Butler Snow attorneys joining the new office in the 222 Second Avenue building. K&L Gates, which has dozens of offices on five continents and claims more than 1,800 lawyers, has added Butler Snow attorneys Erin Palmer Polly, Joe Wellborn, Charlie Malone, Bob Walker, Lauren Patten...

Following long tradition, Black clergy take the lead in coronavirus pandemic By Meghan E. Irons Globe Staff,Updated January 17, 2021, 4:58 p.m. Email to a Friend Rev. Calvin Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at 132 Odell Clark Place, in Harlem in Manhattan, NY. His wife also received the vaccine. He said he received the Pfizer vaccine.Jennifer S. Altman When the Rev. Raphael Warnock, a newly elected senator from Georgia and pastor of the chur...

Enforcement officers association, art gordon. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> it is unfortunate that were talking about this at a time that police officers or people would like to be police officers are abandoning their dream amid this anti-cop climate. >> i find it really sad that at this point in this country that we have a lot of people who want to be police officers who have decided against it simply because of the extra dangers now faced. they dont want to be targets. police office...

Element here. im standing in front of a memorial growing bigger by the day. there are blue ribbons all over town and were expecting a pretty big crowd for the funeral on monday, uma? >> all right, matt, thank you very much for the update. its a very troubling situation and sad indeed. thank you. this rhetoric has gotten out of control. weve heard black lives matter. all lives matter. well, cops lives matter, too, so why dont we drop the qualifier and say lives matter and take that to the bank?...

Our voices heard and say we support law enforcement. and i believe the first step in doing that is to look at federal legislation to make it a federal crime when a police officer is killed in the line of duty. >> art gordon, thank you very much for joining us. its a very difficult time obviously for so many men and women in blue, and we salute you and your colleagues who are doing their best to keep us all safe. thank you very much. >> thank you, i appreciate it. coming up, a deadly drug makin...

my 3-year-old son, daniel. it was an absolutely gorgeous lake summer day. so we went out. i went to go to the park. here is the first thing he said to me. daddy, i can help you with your speech. i was like not you as well. so he is a mellow band after all. last night and he said to me, daddy, you cant do it on your own. this is absolutely true. daniel, what do you want in a speech? he said i want dinosaurs. [laughter] is that i want dinosaurs. i want flying dinosaurs. i want dinosaurs ...

host: on capitol hill, the republicans in the house began debate yesterday over whether or not to repeal. this morning we want to hear from all of you and whether or not you changed your mind on this health care law. what has been your experience? do you still believe it should be repealed? the phone numbers are on the screen. "the baltimore sun" headline -- a new poll says 46% of those believe the law should be repealed. 40% say it should not. when you break that down by party lines, ...

well, a fair bit of the instrumentation that has been used to gather the data that leads to the analysis came from defense applications whether its satellites in the air, sensors on equipment. and certainly my hunch would be that down the road you folks will be mighty glad to have those seven -- sensors and the data theyve given you as you make your planning. >> yes, sir. the data are useful. im sure you know, sir, the submarine missions we had run in the cold war and 1990s, they provi...