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A group of five teachers and the Tennessee Education Association, the state's largest union for educators, have filed a lawsuit alleging the state's limitations on race-related lessons are unconstitutional.

A group of five teachers and the Tennessee Education Association, the state's largest union for educators, have filed a lawsuit alleging the state's limitations on race-related lessons are unconstitutional.

The Tennessee legislature continues to take action to maintain Tennessee's status as one of the foremost states in which to situs trusts. The legislature's most recent enhancements to...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has accepted a request by Tennessee’s AG to lift an injunction blocking enforcement of the state’s ban on gender-affirming care.

Residents of Tennessee may be paying more for hemp-derived cannabinoids after the introduction of a new tax.

Rutherford County, TN – A new bill that banned doctors in Tennessee from performing sex change operations on teens and children under the age of 18 has been met with a legal hurdle.  The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted a request for a preliminary injunction against the law, Public Chapter No. 1, in a lawsuit brought by Samantha and Brian Williams of Nashville and their 15-year-old daughter, as well as two other anonymous families and D...

At Tuesday’s Law Enforcement Committee meeting, Deputy Chief Nikia Elliot reported that the jail currently has over 300 inmates, and that number keeps growing. “We’ve been …

(NASHVILLE) Professional Educators of Tennessee’s Executive Director J. C. Bowman said, “Children cannot learn in a classroom where their teachers spend a significant amount of time dealing with student discipline issues. It can be unsafe for the teacher and the other students and significantly disrupts the learning environment.” Out-of-control behavior by some students is driving teachers out of the profession. In 2021, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Tea...

Rutherford County, TN - A new bill that was passed last month has groups like the ACLU and Lambda Legal upset to the point of filing suit against the State of Tennessee. The organizations, along with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, suggested House / Senate Bill 0001 places a discriminatory ban on what the groups are calling “medically necessary gender-affirming care for Tennessee’s transgender youth.” State Representative Tim Rudd of Murfreesboro helped ...

The bill’s vague language is making drag queens, businesses and festivals apprehensive about future performances.