Government and politics

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HealthJan 19, 2023

US settlement signals protections for addiction medicine

A former Tennessee correctional officer could receive $160,000 in back pay and damages after he was forced to resign for taking Suboxone to treat his opioid use disorder

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Climate and environmentJan 10, 2023

Federal utility chooses gas plant despite EPA concerns

The nation’s largest public utility has decided to build a new natural gas plant despite concerns from the Environmental Protection Agency

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General newsJan 6, 2023

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

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General newsDec 31, 2022

Power failures amplify calls for utility to rethink gas

A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold conditions has intensified questions about the Tennessee Valley Authority’s recent decision to double down on fossil fuels

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General newsDec 30, 2022

Report: 'Human error' helped spur wrong ballots in Nashville

Tennessee's elections coordinator has determined that Nashville election officials erroneously updated voter lists for last month’s election and failed to follow steps to ensure the final version was accurate through computer mapping programming

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General newsDec 29, 2022

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

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

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General newsDec 16, 2022

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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Climate and environmentDec 15, 2022

Audit: Tennessee must curb Eastman plant's emissions

Nine years after the EPA first found Tennessee’s Eastman Chemical Company was polluting the air with unsafe levels of sulfur dioxide, the state is still working to bring down the company's emissions

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General newsDec 14, 2022

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