Tennessee
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Bill to clear homeless encampments passes Tennessee senate
A bill that could set deadlines on homeless encampment clearings and the disposal of people’s personal belongings passed the Tennessee Senate on Thursday, causing concerns among service providers.
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Homeless services org no longer prioritizing Chattanooga for veterans community
The leader of an Atlanta-based nonprofit said his group is no longer prioritizing Hamilton County for what was initially publicized more than a year ago as a $25 million, 100-acre campus for homeless veterans.
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The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn’t over
They called it the "monkey trial." It was supposed to be a publicity stunt.
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Effort to rename Nashville airport after Trump fails in committee
Some GOP lawmakers in Tennessee aren't sold on a bill aiming to rename Nashville's airport after President Donald Trump.
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Debate continues over decentralized sewer systems in Hamilton County and Tennessee
The debate over the viability of decentralized sewer systems in Hamilton County and across the state continues this week.
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As egg prices climb, many Tennesseans are considering backyard chickens
As the cost of eggs goes up, so does the number of Tennesseans considering raising chickens in their backyards.
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Tennessee lawmakers take first steps to safeguard IVF, clarify abortion exceptions
A first round of Tennessee lawmakers greenlit bills clarifying abortion exceptions and protecting the right to contraception and fertility treatments, like in vitro fertilization, while shutting down broader abortion rights legislation and delaying a vote on new IVF regulations happened concurrently Tuesday.
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Tennessee GOP bill to allow exclusion of immigrant students without legal status advances
A bill allowing Tennessee public schools to exclude children lacking legal immigration status cleared a house subcommittee Tuesday as protesters gathered outside the hearing room chanting "stop hurting kids" and "shame on you."
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Three Hamilton County candidates advance to Gov. Bill Lee for circuit court consideration
Three Hamilton County attorneys were selected Tuesday to be considered by Gov. Bill Lee for a circuit court judgeship after nearly seven hours of interviews and rounds of voting.
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Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march
Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville's Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were assaulted by Alabama state troopers and police as they attempted to march from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery in an effort to call attention to a voting rights drive.
