Tennessee
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Proposal requiring Georgia election workers to ‘shuffle’ ballots at the polls fails to find support
A last-minute proposal that would have required poll workers to manually "shuffle" ballots before scanning them in an effort to prevent bad actors from identifying how Georgia residents voted failed to advance at a special-called meeting of the State Election Board.
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Many states have backup execution plans, but failures still happen
Long before Christa Pike was brought into Tennessee's execution chamber, prison leaders reviewed and approved a backup plan detailing exactly what to do if the first attempt at lethal injection failed.
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How Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute
Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting.
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The drug used in Tennessee’s failed execution has come under past scrutiny
The lethal drug administered in Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has been used in multiple states that carry out the death penalty and by the U.S. government after President Donald Trump resumed federal executions during his first term.
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What to know about Christa Pike and her failed lethal injection execution attempt in Tennessee
Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug in the state's death chamber, leaving her on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital in the following hours, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.
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Tennessee lawmakers seek relief for farmers, loggers amid record-high diesel prices
With diesel fuel prices in Tennessee hovering near all-time highs above $6.10 per gallon, two state lawmakers are asking Gov. Bill Lee to temporarily allow farmers and loggers to use cheaper tax-exempt diesel to transport their harvest on public roads.
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Nursing Nashville mom reunited with kids months after ICE arrest
By the time she was released from a Louisiana immigrant detention center, a Nashville mother of two could no longer breastfeed her young daughters. Her milk had dried up.
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Tennessee, Georgia voters must register by Monday for November election
The deadline to register to vote in November's election in Tennessee and Georgia arrives Monday.
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Former Athens city attorney enters guilty plea to forgery
The city attorney for Athens, Tennessee, has entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of forgery, stemming from his signing another person's name on a legal document in 2023, in exchange for a diverted sentence.
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US Supreme Court clears way for Christa Gail Pike’s execution in Tennessee to go forward
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Tennessee to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday, overturning a last-minute stay that stalled the state’s first execution of a woman in at least 200 years.
