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by Don Mooney Memphis, Tenn—Tennessee a state known for waving the GOP red flag, who until recently voted to remove slavery as a form of punishment from its constitution, is back in the national spotlight. Tennessee’s Republican supermajority is poised to poised to exact direct political retribution and take the […]
Federal judge temporarily halts Tennessee’s ‘drag ban’ law The law, which criminalizes some drag performances, was set to take effect Saturday. Hayley Williams and a Nashville Drag Queen performs for a benefit concert in Nashville, Tenn., on March 20, 2023. Ed Rode / Invision/AP file March 31, 2023, 9:46 PM […]
By ALEX HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 14:34 EDT, 30 March 2023 | UPDATED: 17:40 EDT, 30 MARCH 2023 Gun control activists were seen storming Tennessee‘s State Capitol Thursday amid rising fears of a left-wing uprising at a rumored protest in Washington, DC. Footage of the insurrection shows progressive protesters battling with cops as they attempted to gain access to the […]
Sources say former president and aides thought prosecutors were reconsidering legal action and were taken by surprise by the announcement Donald Trump and his top advisers were caught flat footed by the news of his indictment by Manhattan grand jury over hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels, having […]
Candy Woodall WASHINGTON–Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, described the school shooting in his home state as “a horrible, horrible situation,” but it’s not something he thinks Congress needs to address. “We’re not gonna fix it,” he told reporters Tuesday. “Criminals are gonna be criminals.” Burchett said Congress doesn’t have a real […]
Leaders of low-income communities of color worry the state’s power grab could deepen inequalities. by JOSEPHINE LEE MARCH 20, 2023, 3:00 PM, CDT Donnie Walker, U.S. history teacher at Wheatley High School in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), has a family legacy at the school. His grandparents went to Wheatley. […]
By Keely Brewer, Daily MemphianUpdated: March 20, 2023 10:50 PM CT | Published: March 20, 2023 6:09 PM CT A study from the Tennessee Department of Health should soon answer a looming question: Does a South Memphis community near a known polluter have higher-than-expected cancer rates? The Shelby County Health Department […]
By Ian Round, Daily Memphian Updated: March 20, 2023 7:52 PM CT | Published: March 20, 2023 7:52 PM CT The Tennessee House of Representatives on Monday, March 20, passed a bill that allows abortion in certain circumstances to save the life of the patient. The amended bill is narrower in scope […]
By Oren Liebermann, Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Updated 10:22 AM EDT, Wed March 15, 2023 A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military. The Reaper drone and two Russian […]
If Israel and its supporters want the country to continue receiving U.S. largesse, they will need to come up with a new narrative. By Steven A. Cook, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. MARCH 13, […]