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On Jan. 1, thanks to a bill sponsored in the Tennessee House by Signal Mountain Republican Patsy Hazlewood, it will be a felony for minors to access online adult content without age verification.
People who had a way with words in the news last week:
South Carolina and Tennessee are the latest states to have age verification legislation adopted by their governors.
Amid a federal push to reclassify marijuana, at least one member of the Hamilton County legislative delegation wants to consider moving forward with allowing medical uses of the substance.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation would be responsible for managing the hotline. It is aimed at protecting older people from financial exploitation, like scams.