A federal judge determined that Tennessee's ban on drag shows cannot be enforced in at least one county, but the state attorney general still plans to enforce it elsewhere.

State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were accused of ‘disorderly behavior’ for chanting in support of gun safety legislation after a Nashville school shooting left six dead.

‘I am truly without words. And our children deserve better,’ first lady Jill Biden said.

Starting June 1, the state will rely on state funds for HIV prevention efforts.

The Biden administration continues investing in production of electric vehicle parts within the United States, and this time it includes a plant of newly unionized workers in Ohio.

Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In Louisiana, […]

An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.

13 states so far have enacted “trigger” laws that outlaw most or any abortions, while North Dakota and several other states continue to try enacting similar policies.

‘We have been preparing for the day Roe falls and we are ready,’ said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.

Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley used the false claim that ‘Hitler decided to live on the streets for a while’ as an illustration of someone who turned his life around after homelessness.

Republican governors have seized on anti-trans legislation as one of their current wedge issues.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Fox that Democrats ‘don’t want grandmamas helping educate young mamas on how to rear babies.’

After ending pandemic-related unemployment benefits, some Republican officials now want assistance for workers who were fired for refusing to get vaccinated.

Ongoing debates about school mask mandates miss a crucial component: student input.

At least one trans student in Tennessee was harassed after state passed bathroom bill.

Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David says he believes conservatives are hoping anti-LGBTQ laws will help them win elections.

‘This is an assault on the craft of teaching,’ said a teacher in Tennessee. ‘It’s asking me to show up and ignore parts of my own identity.’

‘This is a program that’s been around for decades. It was the same program under the Trump administration,’ said an immigration attorney in Nashville.

Tennessee’s new law punishes schools for trans-inclusive policies.

They’re putting measures that hurt trans people into unrelated bills on things like education and health care.

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are attempting to defund schools that teach children about the history of systemic racism.

Montana, Tennessee, and Arkansas want to keep gender identity and sexual orientation out of school curricula.

‘What we did in the 20th century was the first Great Awakening of resistance to the racist systems. And I maintain that Black Lives Matter is the heir of that campaign,’ the Rev. James Lawson said.

Tennessee is the only state in which lawmakers have filed a so-called bathroom bill every year since 2016.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is rated one of the most anti-environmental lawmakers in the country.

Anti-LGBTQ extremists ‘are targeting young children purely for their political gain,’ said an advocate for supportive education.

‘Why are they so afraid or intimidated by people exercising their constitutional right to vote?’ said Tennessee House Democratic Caucus Chair Vincent Dixie.

‘Black lives matter don’t just matter when we get lynched by police. They matter when we are in our homes and our children are outside playing on our land.’

In Idaho, state Rep. Heather Scott opened the 2021 legislative session by declaring, ‘The pandemic is over.’

A recently introduced bill would allow a man to seek an injunction to block an abortion just by asserting he is the father.