Paige Pfleger

For years, advocates for victims of domestic violence have been pushing for a relatively small change that would close a big loophole.

Judges across the state are demanding more accountability from abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns in an effort to strengthen protections for domestic violence victims.

How could a loophole in parole oversight give domestic abusers an opportunity for murder?

The change is being adopted county by county, after state lawmakers bowed to opposition from the National Rifle Association over a bill that would have taken that reform statewide.

Tennessee lawmakers voted to change a controversial law so school officials will now only have to report threats they deem “credible.” It comes after an investigation by ProPublica and WPLN that showed children were wrongly ensnared by the legislation.

Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation to fix the state's threats of mass violence law, which had resulted in children being charged with felonies over jokes and misunderstandings.

Nashville voters will be deciding on positions like the school board, judges, court and county clerks and internal Democratic Party roles.

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. The video clip lasted less than two minutes, but Tonya Webb remembers every second as heartbreaking. The grainy surveillance footage, dated June 29, 2024, showed a teenager in an anti-suicide smock being dragged violently by other teens across the floor at Middle Tennessee Juvenile Detention Center. As guards […]