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As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?

Legislation is heading to Tennessee’s Republican governor that would ensure drag shows cannot take place in public or in front of children

The Independent UK

Seth Meyers on Fox News: ‘They are captive to the audience they created’

Late-night hosts discuss the revelations from the defamation lawsuit against Fox News, the ‘low confidence’ Covid lab leak theory and the start of CPAC

The Guardian - US

Author of Texas anti-drag bill says video of him wearing dress was ‘a joke back in school’

AUSTIN, Texas — A North Texas lawmaker who authored a bill to restrict drag shows wore a dress for a school project as a teenager, according to a video that surfaced on social media this week.

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Anti-drag Bill Lee caught in drag photo

Lee called attempts to conflate the image with assailed drag shows in red states "ridiculous"

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Image appearing to show Tennessee governor Bill Lee in drag surfaces as state set to pass anti-drag bill

Bill Lee set to sign bill into law expanding defintion of ‘adult cabaret performance’

The Independent UK

Tenn. governor vows to sign anti-drag bill as photo surfaces

Republican Gov. Bill Lee says it would be “ridiculous” to conflate a recently surfaced yearbook photo of him wearing women’s clothing in high school to drag show performances currently under attack in Tennessee and other GOP-led states

The Independent UK

Tennessee governor to ban drag shows – despite photo of him dressed in drag

Bill Lee says he will sign law criminalizing drag performances despite emergence of picture from 1977 high school yearbook

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Lawmakers: Tennessee AG has legal concerns over abortion ban

Lawmakers say Tennessee’s top legal chief has voiced concerns about the legality of the state’s current abortion law

The Independent UK

Image appearing to show Tennessee governor in drag surfaces as state set to pass anti-drag bill

Bill Lee set to sign bill into law expanding defintion of ‘adult cabaret performance’

The Independent UK

Bill banning drag shows from public property advances in Tennessee

Legislation that could target Pride events joins more than a dozen similar bills across the US in flurry of anti-LGBT+ measures

The Independent UK

Trans youth care ban headed to Tennessee governor's desk

Transgender youth in Tennessee would be banned from receiving gender-affirming care under legislation currently headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s desk

The Independent UK

Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Alabama, killing 2 crew

The Tennessee National Guard says one of their Black Hawk helicopters crashed in Alabama, killing two crew members

The Independent UK

Tenn. House speaker mulls rejecting federal education money

A top Tennessee Republican lawmaker says the state should stop accepting the nearly $1.8 billion of federal K-12 education dollars that help provide support for low-income students, English learners and students with disabilities

The Independent UK

Tennessee Gov. Lee proposes $100M for anti-abortion centers

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled plans to funnel tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion centers as he declared that the state had a “moral obligation” to support families

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Tennessee says pair gave incorrect execution drug testimony

Tennessee officials have conceded two of the people most responsible for overseeing the state's lethal injection drugs testified incorrectly under oath that they were testing the chemicals for bacterial contamination

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Top Tennessee prison officials fired after report finds ‘shocking’ issues with death penalty drugs

Drug maker didn’t follow state protocol, report finds

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee sworn in for 2nd term

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has kicked off his second term, promising to focus over the next four years on improving aging transportation systems, advocating for better conservation efforts and protecting the state’s most vulnerable children

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Top Tennessee pair fired after damning review of state’s execution protocol

Report revealed multiple executions in recent years carried out without proper testing of lethal injection drugs

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2 Tenn. officials fired after lethal injection errors noted

The Tennessee Department of Correction has fired its top attorney and another employee following a scathing independent report on failures within the state’s lethal injection system

The Independent UK

Tennessee GOP split over adding exceptions to abortion ban

Republican leaders across Tennessee have largely maintained that the state’s abortion ban allows doctors to perform the procedure, should they need to save the life of the mother, even though the statute doesn’t explicitly say so

Los Angeles Times

Move over, Nashville hot chicken sandwich. In-N-Out Burger is heading to Tennessee

The California-based In-N-Out Burger chain announced plans this week for its most eastward expansion to date, with plans to open restaurants and a corporate hub in Tennessee.

The Independent UK

Lee: Tennessee high court likely won't set executions soon

Gov. Bill Lee says Tennessee’s Supreme Court will likely wait until the state finalizes changes to its lethal injection process before it schedules any future executions

The Independent UK

Report shines new light on execution secrecy in Tennessee

A blistering independent report on Tennessee’s lethal injection system has turned up years of communications showing a state determined to push forward with executing death row inmates despite major issues

The Independent UK

Report: Tenn has broken its lethal injection rules since '18

A newly released report has found that Tennessee has not complied with its own lethal injection protocol ever since it was revised in 2018

The Independent UK

Gov. Lee: Execution report complete, will release later

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says the independent review into the state’s lethal injection procedure has been completed, but he is refusing to immediately release the report’s findings

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