Public faces new restrictions on watching legislative action as TN lawmakers return to work
State troopers and Sergeants at Arms turned spectators away from the west House gallery, citing a new policy requiring tickets issued by lawmakers.
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State troopers and Sergeants at Arms turned spectators away from the west House gallery, citing a new policy requiring tickets issued by lawmakers.
The authors oppose the proposed expulsion of three Democratic lawmakers from the Tennessee General Assembly.
Meanwhile inside, lawmakers spar over how to approach legislation
Meanwhile inside, lawmakers spar over how to approach legislation
In East Tennessee, many rural dwellers aren’t signing up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments. But it’s not because they’re afraid. It’s because they’re too far away from the places giving the shots. All over the state, one that was already a childcare desert before the pandemic shuttered many daycare centers, mothers who were laid off can’t return to work because they have no place to care for their children. Those are only a few of the real problems faced by Tennesseans. Problems that plagued them before a real plague, COVID-19, deepened them. Yet when the Republican-dominate...