Tag: Tennessee

Tennessee Legislators Have Authority to View Covenant Shooter’s Writings, With Caveat of Maintaining Confidentiality

Various parties are in the midst of legal proceedings seeking to force the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to release the writings of Audrey Hale and other related documents concerning her assault on the Covenant School in March, including concerned citizens, nonprofit groups, media organizations, and even state legislators. A number of Tennessee legislators have…


IN-DEPTH: Texas Physician Continues to Face Repercussions for Not Complying With Discredited Mask Mandates

A Texas physician continues to face repercussions for not complying with the now widely discredited mask mandate issued during the pandemic. The Texas Medical Board (TMI) charged Dr. Eric Hensen with “unprofessional or dishonorable conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud the public” based on a patient complaint that he wasn’t wearing a mask…


Red States Ramp up Police, Troops Deployments to US Southern Border

Republican-led states are gradually committing more of their state’s National Guard troops and law enforcement officers to support operations to secure portions of the U.S. southern border. The troop and police deployments come as border officials are still evaluating how the repeal of Title 42 impacts cross-border traffic flow into the United States. Following the…


EXCLUSIVE: Previously Unknown Fourth Child Survived Covenant School Shooting

A fourth child survived the Covenant School shooting, an attorney for the parents of Covenant School students said in a passing remark during arguments in court on Monday. He was arguing whether the parents should be allowed to state a claim in having documents related to the shooting released as part of a lawsuit regarding…


Prosecutor: Fatal Shooting of Grammy Winner by Police ‘Reasonably Necessary’

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The fatal shooting of a Grammy-winning sound engineer by police earlier this year was “reasonably necessary,” a Tennessee prosecutor said on Wednesday. The decision in January’s fatal shooting of Mark Capps, 54, comes after a review of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, the autopsy and video evidence, Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk…


Covenant School, Church Allowed to Intervene in Public Records Lawsuits Seeking Shooter’s Writings

The Covenant School, and its parent organization Covenant Presbyterian Church, will be allowed to argue their interest in whether or not the school shooter’s writings will be released to the public, as Chancellor I’Aesha Myles ruled for them to become third-party interveners in the public records case on Wednesday, May 24. In her order on…


New Montana Law Defines Female and Male Based on Reproductive Biology

Montana has become the latest state to strictly define the terms “female” and “male” based on biology, under a new law signed last week by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte. “In human beings, there are exactly two sexes, male and female, with two corresponding types of gametes,” states the law, previously known as Senate Bill 458….


Attorney in Hearing Over Covenant School Public Records: ‘We’re Really Dealing With a Chilling of First Amendment Rights’

A Nashville judge overseeing several lawsuits brought against the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) after it denied access to the writings of the Covenant School shooter, has said the public release of appropriate information is good. “I believe that getting the information that needs to be out is a good thing,” Chancellor I’Aesha Myles said at…


Tennessee Gov. Signs Bill to Free Teachers From Mandatory Union Dues

Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee signed a new bill into law that would free teachers from paying mandatory union dues and increase their pay. Republicans in the state legislature have tried to remove the mandatory union fees for years. The Teacher Paycheck Protection Act was passed on May 18 and raises the minimum salary of teachers to $50,000 a year…


Nashville School Shooting Investigation Used to Identify Potential Accomplices: MNPD

Top law enforcement officials with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD), including the lead investigator in The Covenant School shooting case, have filed motions with the court to stop the release of the writings amid their “ongoing” investigation. In their court filings, law enforcement stated they believed the assailant Audrey Hale, who died on the…