Covenant parents emotional in wake of vote

A bill to eliminate flu and whooping cough vaccine requirements for adoptive and foster families caring for babies and medically fragile kids is heading to the governor’s desk.

A bill that could lead to LGBTQ youth being placed in families with moral or religious objections to their sexual orientation or gender identity was approved by the Tennessee Senate on Tuesday.

Republicans in the Tennessee Legislature ignored calls for gun safety laws from the parents of survivors of the mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that had been placed on the Alabama law by a federal district judge.

The ruling will force families of trans youth to take their children out of state for health care.

'Does religious freedom just apply to a narrow group of Christians, or do we all have religious freedom?' asks an attorney representing plaintiffs in Kentucky.

Federal courts had recently blocked every anti-trans state law they'd ruled on — until the Sixth Circuit ruled in a case in Tennessee.

The latest events impacting LGBTQ communities and their rights.

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.