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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

The Guardian - US

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

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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

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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

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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

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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

The Independent UK

Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’

Seven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an inordinate amount of time, a Washington DC study reveals

The Independent UK

Report: Executions continued decline but many 'botched'

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022

The Independent UK

Tennesseans misunderstand abortion law, want exceptions

New Vanderbilt University polling has found that most registered voters in Tennessee want exceptions for rape or incest in the state’s sweeping abortion ban

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Tennessee eyes $2M in contracts to test 1000 rape kits

Tennessee’s lead investigative agency is seeking $2 million in contracts with outside labs to process 1,000 rape kits that need to be tested before the end of June

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Tennessee roads plan mulls toll lanes, electric car fee hike

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is considering introducing express toll lanes on highways and tripling a fee for electric car owners as he looks for ways to pay for tens of billions of dollars in roadway projects

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Alabama halts executions; can't fix them

After a gruesome series of executions gone wrong, Gov. Kay Ivey hits pause. But there's no fixing the death penalty

Daily Mirror

Alabama governor demands pause in executions after third failed lethal injection attempt

Alabama governor Kay Ivey has demanded a pause in executions and review of the state's capital punishment system after the failed attempt to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith on Thursday

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Tennessee GOP Gov. Lee faces Democrat Jason Martin

Republican Gov. Bill Lee breezed by without a primary challenger in Tennessee

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Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against

Tennessee’s conservative attorney general and Nashville’s liberal district attorney are at odds over whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and consequently should not be executed

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Tenn. Gov. Lee looks past Democrat Martin in reelection bid

Jason Martin has spent more than two years trying to get Gov. Bill Lee’s attention in Tennessee

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Utah Senate race: Referendum on direction Trump has led GOP

Just weeks before the Nov. 8 election, Utah’s senior senator, Republican Mike Lee, is now acknowledging a real political threat from Evan McMullin

WEKU

As charter schools spread across Ohio Valley, a controversial curriculum begins to take hold

The Guardian - UK

What links David O Russell’s crime romp Amsterdam to Gloria Steinem and Bob Dylan?

Ahead of the shouty director’s latest film, we venture down the rabbit hole with Christian Bale, Julianne Moore and Spike Lee

The Independent UK

VUMC to pause, review gender-affirming surgeries for minors

Officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have announced that they are pausing gender affirming surgeries for minors in order to review their practices

The Independent UK

Untested rape kits plagued Memphis long before jogger case

Memphis' long-held problems with testing rape kits quickly have come under renewed scrutiny with Cleotha Henderson's arrest last month in the killing of Eliza Fletcher, a mother and kindergarten teacher who was abducted while jogging

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Tennessee fast-tracks new forensic jobs amid rape kit delays

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and top legislative leaders announced Thursday that they will fast-track more money to hire 25 additional forensic lab positions to help speed up the processing of sexual assault kits

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