Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 23 | Friday, June 10, 2022 NASHVILLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday declined to order a meeting of the Tennessee Judicial Conference to be opened to the public, ruling after an attorney for the state testified the group would only engage in continuing legal education and… Continue reading Judge declines to open Tenn. Judicial Conference to public
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Election 2022 Takeaways: Big Trump win, Nev. Senate race set
VOL. 46 | NO. 23 | Friday, June 10, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump notched a significant victory in South Carolina, where his preferred candidate easily ousted five-term Rep. Tom Rice, the first Republican to be booted from office after voting to impeach the former president last year. But another high-profile GOP target of… Continue reading Election 2022 Takeaways: Big Trump win, Nev. Senate race set
Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
VOL. 46 | NO. 23 | Friday, June 10, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led directly to his supporters’ insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The House panel investigating the attack has held the first… Continue reading Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
Gov. Lee: No restricting firearms after mass shootings
Home > Article VOL. 46 | NO. 22 | Friday, June 3, 2022 NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday that he does not support restricting firearms or strengthening gun control laws in response to recent mass shootings in Tennessee and around the country, including the gunning down of 19 elementary school students and… Continue reading Gov. Lee: No restricting firearms after mass shootings
After Tennessee law changes, inmate to appeal his death sentence based on intellectual disability
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Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
VOL. 46 | NO. 22 | Friday, June 3, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members were charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral… Continue reading Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
A ‘sophisticated’ 7-part plan. ‘Slipping in people’s blood’: Takeaways from prime-time Jan. 6 hearing
After months of closed-door depositions, interviews and subpoenas, the made-for-television public hearing gave committee members their first chance to show Americans what they found. { // query dom only after user click if (!vdContainer) { vdContainer = document.getElementById(‘videoDetailsContainer’); vdShow = document.getElementById(‘vdt_show’), vdHide = document.getElementById(‘vdt_hide’); } vdContainer.hidden = !(vdContainer.hidden); // show/hide elements if (vdContainer.hidden) { vdShow.hidden… Continue reading A ‘sophisticated’ 7-part plan. ‘Slipping in people’s blood’: Takeaways from prime-time Jan. 6 hearing
Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit
VOL. 46 | NO. 22 | Friday, June 3, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Dr. Thomas Dobbs has never gotten involved in political fights over reproductive health, but his name has become shorthand for a legal case that could end abortion rights in the United States. If he has feelings about the situation, he pretty… Continue reading Doctor named in abortion case has nothing to do with lawsuit
30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
VOL. 46 | NO. 22 | Friday, June 3, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Curbing abortion rights and expanding the right to be armed in public are long-sought goals of the conservative legal movement that the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver within the next month. The justices also could ease the use of public funds… Continue reading 30 cases in a month: Abortion, guns top justices’ to-do list
7 fired Starbucks workers celebrate union vote in Memphis
VOL. 46 | NO. 22 | Friday, June 3, 2022 MEMPHIS (AP) — Seven employees of a Tennessee Starbucks who were fired after starting unionization efforts claimed victory Tuesday when their Memphis store voted to join a wave of U.S. locations of the coffee chain that have decided to organize. The so-called Memphis Seven jumped… Continue reading 7 fired Starbucks workers celebrate union vote in Memphis