The question of what constitutes obscenity as it applies to material found in K–12 libraries faces conflicting opinions as the Tennessee Senate considers legislation proposing to tackle the issue. Senate Bill 1944 (pdf) would remove the former exclusion of schools from an obscenity law that prohibits showing obscene material to minors, while also holding schools…
Proposed Tennessee Legislation Would Ban ‘Obscene Material’ in K–12 Schools
April 7, 2022
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Tennessee Senate Passes Bill That Withholds Funding From Schools Allowing Transgender Athletes to Compete
April 3, 2022
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Tennessee legislation that would withhold funding from school districts allowing transgender students to participate in sports, has advanced toward Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for signature after passing in the Senate Education Committee on March 29. If signed, Senate Bill 1861 (pdf) would require the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of state education funding…
Tennessee Senate Advances Bill That Withholds Funding From Schools Allowing Transgender Athletes to Compete
April 3, 2022
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Tennessee legislation that would withhold funding from school districts allowing transgender students to participate in sports passed in the Senate Education Committee on March 29. If passed into law, Senate Bill 1861 (pdf) would require the commissioner of education to withhold a portion of state education funding if the school refuses to determine the gender…
Starbucks Store in Tennessee Votes to Unionize: Workers Group
Workers at a Starbucks store in Knoxville, Tennessee, voted eight to seven to form a union on Tuesday, becoming the first of the U.S. coffee chain’s stores in the South to unionize, a spokesperson for SB Workers United said. The store became the ninth Starbucks outlet to unionize in the United States, according to the…
Will the Williamson County Wars Fix Tennessee?
Commentary One of the premises of the book I am writing—working title “The Southbound Train”—is that if America is to be saved, if we are to hand down to our children and grandchildren something akin to the constitutional republic envisioned by the Founders, it will be through the red states. The blue states are already…
Former Nurse Guilty of Homicide in Medication Error Death
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found Friday. She was also found guilty of gross neglect of an impaired adult in a case that has fixed the attention of patient safety advocates and nurses’ organizations…
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, Other State Lawmakers Subpoenaed in Fed Probe
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton and other state lawmakers have been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury as part of an ongoing probe into alleged legislative corruption and fraud, including a “kickback” scheme. The alleged subpoenas come just weeks after now-former Rep. Robin Smith, (R-Hixson) resigned after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge. “It is not unexpected that I…
Women’s NCAA Tournament Roundup: Tennessee Edges Belmont
Fourth-seeded Tennessee survived a major scare from in-state foe Belmont, pulling out a 70–67 win on Monday to advance to the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. Belmont, the 12th seed, had a lead inside the final minute, but Tennessee’s Sara Puckett knocked down a 3-pointer to give…
Ousted Tennessee Senator Sentenced to Probation for Fraud
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A former Tennessee state senator expelled from office after a conviction for using federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of the nursing school she operates was sentenced Friday to a year of probation but no prison time. Katrina Robinson had faced four to 10 months in prison under sentencing guidelines after she was…
The Seed Whisperer of Blackberry Farm: John Coykendall Is Saving the Seeds of the Past, for the Future
Many luxury resorts have a master chef in their restaurant kitchen, but how about an on-site master gardener and seed savior? At Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennessee, at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, John Coykendall has filled that role since 1999. An internationally renowned horticulturalist—and a classically trained artist—Coykendall oversees four acres of…
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