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Tennessee Politics · TennesseeTennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse on Thursday gave their final approval to legislation criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, clearing the way for the first-in-the-nation proposal to be sent to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his signature.
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Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care
55% Center coverage: 55 sources
Bill Lee · TennesseeParents of kids who commit crimes in Tennessee will face fines up to $1,000 for each offense after the first one, under a bill that’s headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk.See the Story
Bill that would fine parents for kids’ crimes passes Tennessee legislature
69% Center coverage: 19 sources
Abortion · TennesseeTennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a proposal that is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Bill Lee sign it into law.
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Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor
71% Center coverage: 7 sources
Tennessee Politics · TennesseeA transgender Tennessee woman sued the state’s Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Tuesday after officials refused to change the sex on her driver’s license to match her gender identity.See the Story
Transgender Tennessee woman sues over state's refusal to change the sex designation on her license
60% Center coverage: 10 sources
Tennessee Politics · TennesseeThe Tennessee bill will allow school staffers to carry only handguns, and only in schools whose top administrators have agreed. Teachers who wish to do so would be required to have gun permits, undergo a background check and mental health evaluation, and take 40 hours of training annually.See the Story
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing school teachers to carry concealed handguns
55% Center coverage: 95 sources
United Auto Workers · TennesseeTennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee said Monday that he thinks workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga made a mistake by voting to unionize under the United Auto Workers in a landslide election but acknowledged the choice was ultimately up to them.
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Tennessee’s GOP governor says Volkswagen plant workers made a mistake in union vote
57% Left coverage: 7 sources
Bill Lee · TennesseeTennessee Gov. Bill Lee conceded defeat Monday in his push to enact universal school vouchers this year, acknowledging there was not a “path forward” after months of Republican infighting.See the Story
Tennessee Gov. Lee admits defeat in school voucher push
54% Center coverage: 13 sources
Joe Biden · TennesseeVolkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers, an outcome that would make their plant the first Southern auto factory to approve a union with an election since the 1940s.
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Volkswagen workers in Tennessee passed historic vote to unionize
52% Center coverage: 74 sources