Tennessee's governor has announced a pause of executions in the state amid plans for an independent review into the lethal injection process.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) � A third federal judge has blocked Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s order allowing families to opt out of school mask mandates. The decision is the latest development in the ongoing legal battle over Lee’s order launched by parents and advocates alarmed over the spike in coronavirus cases in Tennessee’s schools. U.S. District
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) � A federal judge has handed down a second blow to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s contentious order allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements. U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer on Friday ruled that Knox County Schools must implement a mask mandate to help protect children with health problems amid
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) � A federal judge has again blocked Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee from allowing parents to opt out of school mask requirements aimed at limiting coronavirus infections in Shelby County. U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman issued a preliminary injunction on Friday for schools in Tennessee’s largest county. Parents in two Memphis suburbs are
U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman heard testimony in Memphis on Monday as part of the lawsuit filed by the parents of two students in the Shelby County suburbs of Collierville and Germantown.
Officials with Metro Nashville Public Schools and Shelby County Schools in the Memphis area plan to keep enforcing school mask requirements for students and others without opt-outs.
School districts are still allowed to put a mask mandate in place, but parents will then decide if their child will wear one or not.
Lee quietly signed the measure on Tuesday without commenting on why he approved of the contentious legislation.
Gov. Bill Lee signed the bill Friday, cementing another policy into law in Tennessee that LGBTQ advocates say discriminates against their community.
Parson was born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. She launched the program “Imagination Library� in 1995.