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July 13, 2020 at 10:17 am

Tennessee governor signs, court blocks 6-week abortion ban

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Monday signed one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, and a federal judge quickly...

July 9, 2020 at 11:05 am

Tennessee panel favors removing Confederate bust in Capitol

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee panel voted Thursday to recommend the bust of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader be moved...

June 30, 2020 at 2:42 pm

Tennessee: Some first-time voters can’t cast absentee ballot

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say they plan to enforce a requirement that first-time voters who register by mail cast their ballots in person,...

June 24, 2020 at 3:44 pm

Tennessee high court keeps mail voting expansion amid appeal

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that it will not block a judge’s order offering a by-mail voting option to all...

Protesters observe a moment of silence at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Friday, June 19, 2020, to mark Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed from bondage, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) DCMC112 DCMC112

June 19, 2020 at 9:50 am

Juneteenth takes on new meaning amid push for racial justice VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — Protesters marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, chanted “We want justice now!” near St. Louis' Gateway Arch, stopped work at West Coast ports...

June 18, 2020 at 11:31 am

Nashville police chief to retire amid calls for resignation

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The police chief of Tennessee's capital city has announced he will retire amid calls for his resignation and a wave of...

June 11, 2020 at 1:55 pm

Judge: ‘Shame’ on state for shirking mail voting order

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on Thursday said “shame on you” to state officials for not abiding by her order that allows a vote-by-mail...

June 5, 2020 at 1:33 pm

Tennessee official: Don’t send forms yet for expanded voting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s election coordinator told his local counterparts Friday not to send absentee voting applications to some Tennesseans just yet, guidance issued...

June 4, 2020 at 6:48 pm

Judge: Tennessee must allow vote by mail for all amid virus

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee must give all of its 4.1 million registered voters the option to cast ballots by mail during the coronavirus pandemic,...

May 22, 2020 at 10:58 am

Tennessee rep: Loud protests near chamber may warrant arrest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Bruce Griffey's hearing is iffy and getting worse with age. Seated in the back of the echo-prone House, the...