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Tennessee public schools could exclude immigrant children without legal status in GOP-backed bill that would require verification of student immigration status. Students unlawfully in the U.S. could be forced to pay tuition. tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/06/t... @tennesseelookout.com

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East Tennessee Republican Senator Rusty Crowe: “We love these children. I do. Many of these families are just fantastic families. This is kind of like tough love. It really is." www.wjhl.com/news/local/t...

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Eastern Tennessee State University removes references to DEI initiatives and campus services www.wjhl.com/news/local/e...

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Chants of ‘education for all’ as a Tennessee Senate committee votes to advance bill allowing k-12 public school districts to bar undocumented kids. Many, including children here, are weeping @tennesseelookout.com

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In her first hours as the new Education secretary, Linda McMahon wasted no time informing U.S. Education Department employees in an email titled “Our Department’s Final Mission” of her plans to “overhaul” the federal agency.

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Tennessee is one of nine states have made it easier for doctors who trained in other countries to get medical licenses, a shift supporters say could ease physician shortages in rural areas. From @ajzionts.bsky.social with @kffhealthnews.org.

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“We have not looked into the CDC’s ever growing list of vaccinations, that ever growing vaccine schedule. We have not looked into it at all. So we are simply delegating all of our rights to the CDC – giving up everything to the CDC” tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/05/t... @tennesseelookout.com

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Secrecy laws, low regulation and ‘gray markets’ mean Tennesseans know very little about the state’s lethal injection drugs wpln.org/post/secrecy... @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social

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Since President Donald Trump took, immigration enforcement activity at Nashville jails has surged. In February, ICE agents picked up nearly four times as many people from Nashville jails as they did in the same month last year. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/05/n...

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BREAKING: According to the Associated Press, the DOJ is getting ready to drop the EMTALA lawsuit in Idaho. If granted, that will leave the separate lawsuit filed by St. Luke’s. St. Luke’s filed that lawsuit in anticipation of this happening. A hearing is scheduled in that case tomorrow afternoon.

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200 workers in southern New Mexico manage the nation's only underground nuclear waste disposal site in a desert saltbed. The big building they work in nearby is listed among the leases being targeted for termination by DOGE. By @prokopdani.bsky.social / @sourcenm.com

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In her first hours as the new Education secretary, Linda McMahon wasted no time informing U.S. Education Department employees in an email titled “Our Department’s Final Mission” of her plans to “overhaul” the federal agency, Shauneen Miranda reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/04/r...

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Senior Reporter @anitawadhwani.bsky.social reports that Among hundreds of leased federal offices targeted for closure by the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency is a Nashville Social Security Administration space.

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Sen. Shane Reeves, a Murfreesboro Republican, is sponsoring a bill that would block state agencies from creating new regulations for chemicals in drinking water or hazardous waste handling in Tennessee — unless the proposed rules are based on “sound science.” From @cstephenson.bsky.social.

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A Republican-sponsored bill in the TN legislature would lower the standard for using deadly force to protect property. It comes as Nashville police have warned residents not to engage with potentially armed car burglars. State DA's conferece is opposing the bill. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/04/t...

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The Social Security Administration, tasked with running the program relied on by more than 73 million Americans, has begun to reorganize and slash staff, leading to major concerns among Democrats in Congress. From @jennifershutt.bsky.social.

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The Tennessee House overwhelmingly approved a measure Monday requiring schools to ban cell phone use when teachers are instructing students.

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Tennessee Social Security, IRS, OSHA offices targeted for lease terminations by DOGE While the Trump Administration has provided limited public information, it appears that a Nashville SS office on the list is an administrative office, not a public-serving one. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenne...

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News: The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered four men to be executed before the end of this year, setting up the return of the state’s death penalty after five years without an execution. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/03/t...

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The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

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To combat isolation for local immigrants, this nonprofit recruits allies and volunteers wpln.org/post/to-comb... @wpln.bsky.social

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New energy secretary denies climate change a ‘crisis’ during a weekend visit to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/01/n... @tennesseelookout.com

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Tennessee victim-serving agencies warn cuts will be ‘catastrophic’ if Gov. Bill Lee fails to act tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/03/t... @tennesseelookout.com

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Federal funding for victims of crime has decreased over the last few years, but 35 states established funds to keep domestic violence shelters and sexual assault centers open and counselors for child abuse victims on the job. Tennessee is not one of those states, reports @anitawadhwani.bsky.social

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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"Although Black voters make up more than a quarter of Fayette County’s population, they have zero representation on the 19-member, all-white county commission” NAACP sues Tennessee county over electoral map @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com tennesseelookout.com/briefs/naacp...

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More than 50 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. Initial analysis suggests neither Ebola nor Marburg is the cause.

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We may not get a flu vaccine next year because the Trump administration canceled the meeting to pick the flu strains that the vaccine would protect against. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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Knox County, Tennessee has spent at least $30,000 more than what it is reimbursed over the past two years jailing immigration detainees, and Sheriff Tom Spangler has refused to explain how the county is covering the costs. www.knoxnews.com/story/news/l...

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For the second year in a row, lawmakers have deferred a bill aiming to solve Tennessee’s recycling problems. They now plan to take it up in 2026 @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/27/l...

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Legal challenge filed over U.S. Department of Education’s sweeping "Dear Colleague" letter, which threatens to rescind federal funds from K-12 schools & colleges over race-based initiatives. @statesnewsroom.com tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/26/r...

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USDA rolls out $1 billion plan to combat bird flu after egg prices rise www.newsfromthestates.com/article/usda...

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NEW: DOGE operatives at HUD come from an AI proptech firm and a company that buys and runs mobile home parks, and have access to a startling array of data and systems—including one that controls who can access which HUD systems. This is by @telliotter.bsky.social and @davidgilbert.bsky.social

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A former Tennessee House speaker & his aide, facing federal corruption charges, say current House Speaker Cameron Sexton or one of his staff wore a wire to gather evidence for prosecutors 5 yrs ago They're seeking all informant identities tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/26/c... @tennesseelookout.com

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Accused serial rapist Sean Williams is at the center of allegations Johnson City police let him victimize women/children for years with impunity. The city just agreed to pay victims $28M & faces 2 more lawsuits. Williams sentenced Monday to 95yrs in prison. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/ex-jo...

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Tennessee drag ban to stay as SCOTUS refuses to hear the case wpln.org/post/tenness... @wpln.bsky.social @mariannabac.bsky.social

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Accused serial rapist Sean Williams is at the center of allegations Johnson City police let him victimize women/children for years with impunity. The city just agreed to pay $28M to victims & faces 2 more lawsuits. He was sentenced Monday to 95yrs in prison. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/ex-jo...

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SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."

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USDA cuts $1M grant to Cumberland River Compact to plant ~5,000 trees in Nashville without explanation -- leaving the organization to believe planting trees in low-income communities is considered a DEI initiative @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/26/u...

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JUST IN: Federal judge blocks Trump funding freeze, saying it produced a ‘nationwide crisis’ @jennifershutt.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fede...

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“This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States,” said Eugene Daniels, Politico. “It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president. In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

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Two Tennessee Republican lawmakers are supporting a measure that would enable physicians to perform abortions involving “fatal fetal anomalies,” setting up a potential clash with those who oppose changes in the state’s abortion ban. Sam Stockard reports.

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“Plaintiffs have provided evidence that the willingness of their congregants to attend worship and participate in ministry services is presently being chilled,” judge writes in temporary halt to immigration raids at religious institutions that filed suit. wapo.st/4iaZ1IO

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Tennessee hemp industry fears slate of restrictive bills could gut industry tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/25/h... @tennesseelookout.com

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Who’s funding Tennessee’s politics? If you're interested in following the money, @tennesseelookout.com has all PAC, lawmaker & political party donor dollars since 2010 in an easily searchable database (newly updated) Data wrangler: @friedmanadam5.bsky.social tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/24/c...

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The $400M worth of State Department Teslas? Trump admin said that started in Biden White House. But I obtained a document showing the amount Biden's State Department planned to spend on EVs: $483,000. Former WH official on $400M: "I don’t think this is a clerical error" www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...

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"It's almost impossible to overstate the amount of work that it's imposing on city law offices all over the country, including ours" Federal volatility puts strain on Nashville leaders www.tennessean.com/story/news/l... via @evanmealins.bsky.social @rachelannwegner.bsky.social

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