A law that will prohibit sanctioned foreign entities and nonresident aliens from property ownership in Tennessee is headed to Gov. Bill Lee for signature, after mostly bipartisan passage in the state legislature. The bill originally did not include the sanctioned language, but was added through amendments. The first version of the bill stated a foreign…
Efforts to Ban China From Purchasing Tennessee Land Draw Politicians Across the Aisle
May 2, 2023
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Tennessee’s Top Education Official Stepping Down Over ‘Extraneous Politics’
May 1, 2023
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The top education official in Tennessee, Commissioner Penny Schwinn, will leave her position at the end of the school year later this month following four years with the department, Gov. Bill Lee announced on Monday. In an interview with “The 74,” a news organization that covers America’s education system, Schwinn said she had grown tired…
Tennessee AG Skrmetti Fights for All of US on Federal Overreach on Transgenderism
Commentary We live in one of the strangest eras in world history. Only in the past few years has gender dysphoria, largely among youth, reached epidemic proportions that no one has seen before, increasing numbers seeking salvation from life’s normal tribulations by changing their birth sexes through hormone treatments and so-called reassignment surgery. Who benefits…
Expelled Tennessee State Lawmakers Take Part in Climate Change Protest in DC
April 30, 2023
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Two Tennessee House Democrats took part in a protest outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 29, as the protest’s organizer is accusing President Joe Biden of committing “ecocide.” Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), who were expelled from the Tennesse General Assembly in early April before they were reinstated, took…
Audrey Hale Manifesto Being Reviewed for Public Release
April 27, 2023
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The writings and so-called manifesto of the Nashville, Tennessee Christian school shooter, Audrey Hale, are being reviewed for release to the public, Metro Nashville Police Department officials told The Epoch Times on Thursday. “We are in the process of going through the writings so that they can and will be released publicly,” MNPD Public Affairs…
Biden Admin Files Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee Ban on Transgender Procedures for Minors
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on April 26 challenging Tennessee’s newly-enacted law banning transgender medical procedures for children, arguing that the legislation violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. In a press release, the DOJ said it also asked the court to issue an immediate order to stop the law—Senate Bill 1, or SB…
State Rep: Tennessee Lawmakers Need Access to Shooter’s Manifesto Before Special Session
April 26, 2023
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The chairman of the Tennessee House Republican Caucus, Rep. Jeremy Faison, joins a growing list of officials calling for the writings and manifesto of school shooter Audrey Hale to be released. Hale killed six people, three of which were 9-year-old children, at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 27. “Tennesseans are calling for…
Nashville Police Reject Request to Release Nashville School Shooter’s Manifesto
April 25, 2023
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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) has officially rejected a public records request filed by The Tennessee Star newspaper, which sought the release of the manifesto written by Audrey Hale—the assailant behind the March 27 shooting in which six people were killed at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee. In…
‘Tennessee Three’ Meet With Biden at White House, Discuss Gun Laws
April 25, 2023
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Three Tennessee House Democrats met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Monday, where they discussed gun control laws. Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) told reporters they discussed with Biden a slew of gun control laws. “We talked about red flag laws, we talked…
Democrats in Tennessee Call on State House Speaker to Resign
April 24, 2023
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Calls by Democrats in Tennessee asking for Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton to resign his position have been escalated, as the Tennessee Democratic Party (TNDP) Executive Committee passed a resolution over the weekend “demanding the resignation” of Sexton. “TNDP Executive Committeewoman Anne Ferrell Quillen presented the resolution, and she also ran against Sexton for the…
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