CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—Police in Tennessee said six people were wounded during an exchange of gunfire in a downtown Chattanooga business district. At least one person of interest was detained shortly after the shooting Saturday night, police spokesperson Jeremy Eames said Sunday in a news release. The statement did not indicate whether anyone was charged. Officers who…
DOJ Group Calls for Staff to Have Paid Leave to Travel for Abortions
A gender equity advocacy group within the Department of Justice has called for administrative time off for staff and their families to travel interstate to have abortions. The DOJ Gender Equality Network (DOJ GEN) board of directors wrote to government officials on Wednesday (pdf), prompted by the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v….
Tennessee Transgender Bathroom Signage Law Struck Down
May 17, 2022
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A U.S. federal judge has struck down a Tennessee law requiring establishments to notify patrons with signage that transgender people could use the restrooms of their choice. Under the opposed law, businesses were required to post signage, featuring the words: “Notice. This facility maintains a policy of allowing the use of restrooms by either biological…
Slowly but Surely, Red States Are Getting Redder
Commentary I have written before—and am writing in more detail in my (slowly) forthcoming book “The Southbound Train”—how the new political migrants to red states from blue are often more devoted constitutional conservatives than the longtime residents of those supposedly conservative red states themselves. It’s the reverse of the cliché that many believed—that the refugees…
Congressional Hopeful Sues Tennessee Republican Party Over Removal From Ballot
A filmmaker who hopes to represent Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives is suing the state GOP after it removed him from the primary ballot for the upcoming midterm elections. Robby Starbuck, the congressional hopeful, sued Tennessee Republican Party (TRP) Chairman Scott Golden and two state officials on May 2 over the removal. Starbuck…
Tennessee Governor Suspends All 2022 Executions, Launches Probe
Tennessee’s governor on May 2 said he was suspending all executions scheduled to take place in 2022. Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, said the move was being made because of questions that were raised regarding testing of lethal injections during preparation for executing Oscar Franklin Smith, one of the inmates on death row in Tennessee….
Tennessee Governor Suspends All Executions, Launches Probe
Tennessee’s governor on May 2 said he was suspending all executions scheduled to take place in 2022. Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, said the move was being made because of questions that were raised regarding testing of lethal injections during preparation for executing Oscar Franklin Smith, one of the inmates on death row in Tennessee….
Tennessee Pauses Executions, Will Review Lethal Injections
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in Tennessee for the rest of the year on Monday to enable a review of its lethal injection procedures after a testing oversight forced the state to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die. A federal public defender praised the Republican governor…
Police: 2 in Biker Gangs Fatally Shot Outside Tennessee Bar
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Two members of motorcycle gangs were fatally shot during a fight that broke out in the parking lot of a Tennessee bar Friday night, police said. According to Knoxville police, a preliminary investigation determined that a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club and a member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club were killed in the…
Tennessee Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday signed into state law a measure to allow people to more easily obtain ivermectin to treat COVID-19, without needing a doctor’s prescription. The bill, SB 2188 (pdf), authorizes a pharmacist to provide ivermectin to a patient aged 18 or older, “pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a non-patient-specific…
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