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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 state houses across the country, ignited by last year’s contentious elections where more people voted...

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 the number of volunteer firefighters on a national basis. … And, of course, it seems like it’s v...

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, Beau Creson and Jason Callen, according to court filings and LinkedIn updates. The firm also re...

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 church Martin Luther King Jr. once led, got his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, he joined a l...

Enforcement officers association, art gordon. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> it is unfortunate that we're 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 don't want to be targets. police officers are losing the respect of the public. there's anti-police rhetoric, and i think it's time that ...