WASHINGTON, April 13 (TNStalk) -- The American Bar Association issued the following statement on April 11, 2023, by President Deborah Enix-Ross: * * * "The American Bar Association is concerned by the way the Tennessee state legislature has dealt with discussions about important issues presented to the body following the March 27 mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville that resulted in the deaths of three students, three adults and the alleged shooter. "In the wake of tragedies such  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 10 (TNStalk) -- Fair Fight Action issued the following agency statement on April 8, 2023: * * * The Republican-controlled Tennessee state House today voted to expel two Black members in retaliation for joining their constituents' protests for gun reform in the wake of last week's tragic school shooting in Memphis. * * * Fair Fight released the following statement in response to the Tennessee GOP's shocking ousting of state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson and  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 14 (TNSgov) -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: * * * Would Be TN's Fourth Anti-Trans Sports Law * * * The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) -- the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization -- condemned the Tennessee Senate's passage of SB 1237, which would allow private schools to prohibit transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender i  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, April 6 (TNStalk) -- MomsRising, an online and on-the-ground organization of more than 1 million mothers and their families, issued the following statement: * * * Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the expulsion of two state lawmakers from the Tennessee state legislature today: "Tennessee Republicans may be able to expel two Democ  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNStalk) -- The National Urban League issued the following statement on April 10, 2023: * * * National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial call for the reinstatement of Tennessee House Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, calling the move 'blatantly racist and anti-democratic' and urge the House to focus on passing reasonable gun safety measures: "The events of last night were no more than the posturing of an emboldened and privileged Tennessee majo  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNStalk) -- People for the American Way issued the following statement on April 10, 2023, by President Svante Myrick: * * * Following the vote by the Nashville Metro Council to reinstate Rep. Justin Jones to his seat representing that district in the Tennessee House, after the unprecedented expulsion of Representatives Jones and Justin Pearson, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement: "The far-right leadership in the Tennessee  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 (TNStalk) -- People for the American Way issued the following statement on April 7, 2023, by President Svante Myrick: * * * Following the unprecedented expulsion of Representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones from the Tennessee state House, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement: "We condemn the actions of Speaker Cameron Sexton and the Tennessee House of Representatives in the unjustified, antidemocratic expulsion of Repre  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSres) -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following news release: A new poll released by Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) found Tennessee voters strongly support the reinstatement of recently ousted Representative Justin Pearson to the state legislature. The poll found 71% of registered voters in Shelby County support reinstating Rep. Pearson to serve his Shelby County--a 46-percentage point margin.This includes a quarter of Trump voters. Rep. Pea  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 13 (TNStalk) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following statement on April 12, 2023: * * * The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) issued the following statement from Susan Corke, director of the Intelligence Project, in response to the 2022 release of its Whose Heritage? data and map, which tracks public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States. Currently, seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina an  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSgov) -- A Better Balance, a legal advocacy organization, issued the following news release: On April 10, state lawmakers passed legislation to provide Tennessee state government employees with 6 weeks of paid parental leave to recover from childbirth and bond with a new child without sacrificing their income, savings, or sick days. While it is an important step forward, the final policy falls short of the initial proposal, which would have provided 12 weeks of  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSgov) -- The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association issued the following news release: The Tennessee Asian Pacific American Bar Association (TAPABA) and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) jointly express grave concern for the abrogation of the rule of law and democracy in the wake of the unprecedented expulsion of two legislators, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, from the Tennessee House of Representatives and the attempted expulsion of  more