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  The ACLU of Tennessee, in collaboration with Holland & Associates PC, has initiated legal action against the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDSHS) over its implementation of a new rule prohibiting transgender individuals from changing the gender marker on their driver licenses. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a transgender woman, identified as "Jane Doe" to protect her safety, who sought to update her driver's license to accurately refl...

Sullivan County Schools officials are contemplating adding outside cameras to school buses, which would provide proof of a violation and better grounds for prosecution for the traffic violation.

Tennessee firefighters working at smaller departments could become eligible for workers compensation for job-related post-traumatic stress disorder under a new law, named for a late Cleveland firefighter, that takes effect New Years Day.

Nashville, TN - The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) will implement indexing for Tennessee unemployment benefits, as well

Sullivan County Schools has had 10 teachers leave after the 2023-24 school year began in August, board member Randall Jones said.

Columbia attorney Julie Heffington was one of three applicants to be appointed to new judicial districts by Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday.

I live and work in a house in an eminently walkable and bikeable neighborhood—the kind with 50-foot lots knitted together by streets, alleys, and sidewalks. My house is a block

On May 16, 2023, Governor Bill Lee signed Public Chapter 437 into law. The union subsequently filed a lawsuit: Tennessee Education Association, et al., versus Bill Lee, et al. Late

Parents or guardians must be present to give permission for student shots, Sullivan County health and county school system officials said.

The prohibited concepts law, Public Chapter No. 493, prohibited teachers from teaching and discussing certain topics including race, implicit bias and more.