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Amazon, AT&T, Disney Paying For Abortion Travel Costs Had Also Contributed To Anti-Abortion Campaigns: Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN), AT&T Inc (NYSE: T), and Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), pledging to pay for e

Benzinga

Tennessee GOP leaders urge delay of toddler COVID-19 shots

Top Tennessee Republican House leaders are urging Gov. Bill Lee to delay the state’s health department from distributing and promoting the COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers

The Independent UK

Tennessee execution pause through 2022 could last longer

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation of the state's lethal injections and paused all executions through the end of the year

The Independent UK

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #14

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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Court clears path for long-blocked Tennessee school vouchers

Tennessee’s highest court has ruled that Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s school voucher program does not violate the state’s constitution

The Independent UK

Records: 2 people in execution knew drugs hadn’t been tested

Newly released records show at two least two people connected to a planned Tennessee execution that was abruptly put on hold April 21 knew the night before that the lethal injection drugs the state planned to use hadn’t undergone certain required testing

The Independent UK

Tenn. expects changes to lethal injection protocol, staffing

Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the state’s lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out, including how the procedures are staffed

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Tennessee governor signs collegiate transgender athlete ban

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed off on legislation banning transgender athletes from participating in female college sports

The Independent UK

Tenn. governor signs bill regulating medication abortions

Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will strictly regulate the dispensing of abortion pills, including imposing harsh penalties on doctors who violate them

The Independent UK

Much Wow: Largest Commercial Dogecoin Transaction Ever Buys BIG3 Basketball Team

A professional basketball league co-founded by rapper Ice Cube announced a way for fans and investors to purchase teams.

Benzinga

Tennessee governor won't release records on execution error

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has refused to release records that could illuminate his decision to abruptly halt the execution of Oscar Smith last month

The Independent UK

Tennessee halts executions ahead of a review of lethal injections

Lethal injections will remain paused through the end of the year

The Independent UK

Tennessee pauses executions, will review lethal injections

Republican Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee will pause executions and conduct an independent review of a lethal injection testing oversight that forced him to call off the execution of Oscar Smith an hour before he was to die this month

The Independent UK

Attorneys want moratorium, probe after execution halted

After an undisclosed “oversight” forced Tennessee to abruptly cancel the execution of Oscar Smith last week, his attorneys are asking for a moratorium on executions and a review of the state’s execution protocols

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School library bill advances, sponsor suggests book burning

Tennessee Republicans have advanced legislation that would place more scrutiny over what books are placed in public schools libraries just moments after the bill’s House sponsor said any inappropriate book should be burned

The Independent UK

Governor to give details on canceled execution next week

Gov. Bill Lee's spokesperson says the Republican will release more details on Monday surrounding why he abruptly canceled the execution of Oscar Smith, delaying his previous plan to reveal the reasons this week

The Independent UK

Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill

Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation that will add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports

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Second South Carolina execution on hold after court halts firing squad plan

Two days after pausing plans for a rare firing squad execution, South Carolina's Supreme Court announces it is putting another execution on hold as inmates challenge the constitutionality of the state's capital punishment methods.

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The Independent UK

2nd SC execution on hold after court halts firing squad plan

The South Carolina Supreme Court has put another execution on hold, two days after temporarily blocking plans for a rare firing squad execution

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Tennessee gov: No new details yet why he canceled execution

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is declining to provide any new information surrounding why they had to call off the state’s first execution since the pandemic began

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Tennessee governor calls off Oscar Smith execution, citing ‘oversight in preparation for lethal injection’

Execution was planned for night of 21 April

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Bill regulating medication abortions heads to Tenn. governor

Tennessee would become the latest state to impose harsh penalties on doctors who violate new, strict regulations dictating the dispensing of abortion pills under a proposal headed toward Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk

The Independent UK

Trump-endorsed candidate removed from ballot by her own party after being dubbed a carpetbagger

‘I believe that voters in Middle Tennessee should pick their representative - not establishment party insiders’

Daily Mirror

Death row killer who says he never held murder weapon to die by lethal injection

Oscar Smith was sentenced to death in 1990 after he was found guilty of murdering Judith Robirds Smith, 35, and her teen sons from a previous marriage 16-year-old Chad Burnett and 13-year-old Jason Burnett inside a home in Nashville in 1989

The Independent UK

Tennessee governor declines to intervene as execution looms

Tennessee’s governor says he won't intervene in the state's plans to execute an inmate convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons decades ago

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