By Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennesee’s Republican governor says he will let a bill become law effective April 20 that protects teachers who allow students in their classrooms to criticize evolution and other scientific theories, such as global warming.
Gov. …
By Joshua Miller, Roll Call
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) signed a new Congressional redistricting map into law today, protecting incumbents and shoring up the Republican majority in the Volunteer State.
The new map almost ensures that Reps. Jim Cooper of Nashville …
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, the son of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and a frequent critic of the Transportation Security Administration, was stopped by security …
Salt Lake Tribune
Protesters in Denver and Nashville regrouped on Sunday, a day after mass arrests at demonstrations inspired by Occupy Wall Street in both cities. And in Portland, Ore., about 30 demonstrators were arrested early Sunday after they refused to …
The Tennessean
The Occupy Nashville protesters announced at their latest assembly that they’ll allow the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee to request an injunction that would stop the nightly arrests by state troopers at Legislative Plaza.
As well, they decided they …
By Joshua Miller, Roll Call
Third-term Rep. Steve Cohen (D), who represents Tennessee’s majority-minority Memphis-based 9th Congressional district, will face an African-American primary challenger.
Tomeka Hart, president of the Memphis Urban League and a member of the city’s school board, told the …
By Associated Press, The Blaze
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A bill passed Friday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay.
Opponents deride the measure …
By Tim Ghianni
(Reuters) – The Tennessee House of Representatives voted on Thursday to strip teachers unions of most of their collective bargaining powers, setting up a showdown with the state Senate, which already voted to end all union bargaining.
The vote …
By RANDALL DICKERSON, Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two Muslim religious leaders say they were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis on Friday and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.
Masudur Rahman, who …
By Mark Guarino, Christian Science Monitor
Rising floodwaters in and around Memphis, Tenn., Thursday have led to evacuations, highway and school closings, and at least one death.
But the highest waters are still days away. The city’s highest water level in …
