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Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on transgender health care ban: Conservatives skeptical
Read full article: Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments on transgender health care ban: Conservatives skepticalThe conservative-majority Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors as it heard the most high-profile case of its term on Wednesday.
Appeals court spikes Tennessee's bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion rule
Read full article: Appeals court spikes Tennessee's bid to get family planning dollars despite abortion ruleA federal appeals court has rejected Tennessee’s attempt to collect millions of dollars in family planning funds without complying with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.
Tennessee turns over probe into failed Graceland sale to federal authorities, report says
Read full article: Tennessee turns over probe into failed Graceland sale to federal authorities, report saysThe Tennessee attorney general’s office says it turned over its investigation into the failed sale of Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction to federal authorities.
Tennessee attorney general looking into attempt to sell Graceland in foreclosure auction
Read full article: Tennessee attorney general looking into attempt to sell Graceland in foreclosure auctionTennessee’s attorney general says his office is looking into a company’s attempt to sell Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction, a move that was stopped by a judge after the king of rock n’ roll’s granddaughter filed a lawsuit claiming fraud.
Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding
Read full article: Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking fundingTennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure.
States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health
Read full article: States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental healthDozens of U.S. states, including California, New York, Arizona and Indiana are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people’s mental health and contributing the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to the platforms.
Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney general
Read full article: Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney generalVanderbilt University Medical Center is being accused of violating the privacy of its transgender clinic patients by turning their records over to Tennsessee’s attorney general.
GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace
Read full article: GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplaceThirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices.
Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probe
Read full article: Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probeTennessee’s top legal chief says that Vanderbilt University Medical Center turning over medical records for transgender patients is part of a “run-of-the-mill fraud investigation.”.
Hospital turns over transgender patient records to Tennessee attorney general in investigation
Read full article: Hospital turns over transgender patient records to Tennessee attorney general in investigationVanderbilt University Medical Center has turned over transgender patient records to the Tennessee attorney general’s team in what his office confirmed is an investigation into potential medical billing fraud.
Ruling on Tennessee's anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next steps
Read full article: Ruling on Tennessee's anti-drag law leaves questions about enforcement, next stepsQuestions remain over how a law designed to limit drag shows in Tennessee will be enforced after a federal judge declared it unconstitutional while saying the decision only applied to the state’s most populated county.
Tennessee eyes 18+ gun-carry age with court or Capitol deal
Read full article: Tennessee eyes 18+ gun-carry age with court or Capitol dealTwo years after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee led the charge to allow residents 21 and older to carry handguns in public without a permit, younger adults could soon have the same privilege.