by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 21, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is among a group of U.S. cities and nonprofit organizations suing the Trump administration for freezing federal funding. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 12, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman urged a federal judge in Kentucky to block the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) finalized rule to rewrite Title IX to encompass gender identity and sexual orientation....
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 12, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered Hawkins County Schools on Monday to implement a number of measures to “end racial discrimination in its schools.” A DOJ-led investigation into Hawkins County Schools that began in March 2023 found that the...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 1, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch led a coalition of 13 other states in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule, which redefines the Affordable Care Act’s...