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    Tennessee grocery-tax holiday ends Oct. 31

    Holiday bakers have just a few more days to stock up on tax-free flour, sugar, butter and other supplies. Most food and ingredients used to prepare food are exempt from sales tax.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 28, 2023
  • Health Care

    Making sure all Tennesseans eligible for food assistance get it

    Fewer than half of eligible Tennesseans are participating in WIC, a federal nutrition program that serves low-income children and pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women.

    By Aisling Mäki July 30, 2023
  • Education

    State’s largest teachers’ union sues over ‘prohibited concepts’ law

    The Tennessee Education Association and five state educators including two affiliated with MSCS filed a lawsuit against the 2021 ‘prohibited concepts’ law, banning certain discussion surrounding race and gender in public and charter schools.

    By Alicia Davidson, Ian Round July 30, 2023
  • State Government

    Brian Kelsey’s sentencing delayed — again

    Kelsey is now scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 11 at 1 p.m. in federal court in Nashville.

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    Brian Kelsey’s sentencing was delayed again. Here’s a timeline of his legal odyssey.

     

    By Ian Round July 27, 2023
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    Brian Kelsey’s sentencing was delayed again. Here’s a timeline of his legal odyssey.

    Here’s a look back at the timeline that led to former state Sen. Brian Kelsey’s expected sentencing hearing Thursday, July 27, on two campaign-finance felonies.

    By Ian Round July 27, 2023
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    Memphis got money for stadiums three months ago. Where do the deals stand?

    Questions remain on the status of a new lease for the Grizzlies and how money for stadium projects will be allocated.

    By Samuel Hardiman July 25, 2023
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    Calls for gun reform have reached a fever pitch in Memphis. Will state lawmakers listen?

    Gun violence has become a major theme in the Memphis mayoral race. And the Memphis City Council voted to put a referendum on local gun laws before voters next year, setting up a possible clash with the state.

    By Ian Round July 24, 2023
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    Justin J. Pearson, Justin Jones report massive fundraising after expulsions

    State Reps. Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones both now have more campaign money than any of the Republican lawmakers who expelled them in April.

    By Ian Round July 18, 2023
  • State Government

    ‘This is a public health issue:’ Community, leaders demand gun reform bills

    As residents assembled outside the Westwood community center, local and state leaders called for government action against gun violence. “Our state legislature needs a sense of urgency to address this problem through appropriate legislation.”

    By Alicia Davidson July 15, 2023
  • State Government

    Wilder Youth Center getting upgrades, but won’t be replaced yet

    Tennessee Department of Children’s Services says the Fayette County facility is needed despite reports by Disability Rights Tennessee and the Youth Law Center of abuse and unsafe conditions at the facility.

    By Ian Round July 14, 2023
  • State Government

    Memphis’ state technical college gets $89 million for new campus

    Tennessee officials approved just under $718 million to rebuild the state’s technical colleges on Thursday.

    By Ian Round July 13, 2023
  • State Government

    Report: TDOT should seek federal funds for passenger rail

    A passenger rail route connecting Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta should be Tennessee’s top priority, followed by a Memphis-to-Nashville line, according to a report from an independent state commission.

    By Ian Round July 12, 2023
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    Sixth Circuit upholds anti-trans law, but ‘chilling effect’ decreased access months earlier

    This weekend’s ruling, allowing SB1 to take effect, isn’t what made gender-affirming care inaccessible for many people. That care had become less accessible in Tennessee — even for trans adults — since the bill was introduced in the General Assembly in November, before the legislative session even began.

    By Ian Round July 12, 2023
  • State Government

    Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

    A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court’s ruling that had prohibited Tennessee from enacting a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

    By The Associated Press July 09, 2023
  • State Government

    Judge refuses to reverse ruling on trans youth health care law on AG’s request

    The injunction will be in place until the lawsuit runs its course. Supporters of the law say they’re prepared to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.

    By Ian Round July 03, 2023
  • State Government

    July 1, beginning of state’s fiscal year, brings avalanche of new laws

    A huge number of new state laws take effect July 1, with the start of the 2024 fiscal year. But lawsuits and inaction by lawmakers make the absence of some laws as notable as the presence of others.

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    Mississippi’s new laws cover Medicaid for moms, voting, pecan theft, online porn and more

    Judges block state law banning teacher group from automatically deducting member dues

    State Attorney General appeals drag ban ruling

    By Ian Round July 03, 2023
  • State Government

    State Attorney General appeals drag ban ruling

    Jonathan Skrmetti’s appeal comes nearly a month after a federal judge in Memphis ruled in favor of an LGBTQ+ theater company, which argued the law restricted its performers’ free speech rights.

    By Ian Round June 30, 2023
  • State Government

    Judges block state law banning teacher group from automatically deducting member dues

    The Tennessee Education Association sued earlier this month over the two-pronged law, which also gradually raises the minimum teacher salary up to $50,000 for the 2026-27 school year. 

    By The Associated Press June 30, 2023
  • State Government

    State Attorney General begins appeal process in trans youth health care lawsuit

    The Tennessee Attorney General filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge in Nashville to reverse the preliminary injunction, and notified the court that it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

    By Ian Round June 29, 2023
  • State Government

    State Attorney General leads resistance to proposed EPA regulations of EtO

    The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed tighter restrictions on ethylene oxide, or EtO, which is used in a South Memphis facility. But 20 state attorneys general are urging the EPA to forgo or defer the regulations.

    By Keely Brewer June 30, 2023
  • State Government

    Federal judge blocks Tennessee law banning youth gender-affirming care

    Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for minors was mostly blocked Thursday, June 28, the latest in a string of decisions against anti-trans laws in at least four states.

    By Ian Round June 29, 2023
  • State Government

    D.C. Scorecard: The Schiff censure, the Durham probe, TVA

    This D.C. Scorecard includes the censure of the Democrat who made the House’s case for former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment and a grilling of the special counsel who investigated the FBI’s handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2023
  • State Government

    Tennessee’s ongoing trans rights lawsuits, explained

    Three lawsuits in Tennessee are testing the extent to which courts will protect transgender rights against a state legislature and executive branch that have aggressively sought to roll those rights back.

    By Ian Round June 25, 2023
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    State panel decertifies sheriff’s deputy but denies MPD request

    Some Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission board members asked if Shelby County law enforcement agencies might be over-reacting as they send cases to the POST board.

    By Ben Wheeler June 26, 2023
  • State Government

    Trans Tennesseans may lose option to alter gender on state IDs

    A law that defines “sex” as a person’s gender assigned at birth could cause some residents to lose access to basic services if they can’t update their IDs, according to advocates for trans rights.

    By Ian Round June 24, 2023

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