After being briefly put on hold, a law requiring adults to upload IDs, or other forms of identification, to access adult content will go into effect.
The Rutherford County Board of Education decision to ban six books, including one with word, "masturbation," upset free speech advocates Thursday.
Thirteen Tennessee counties are still recovering from the damage of Hurricane Helene, but disaster relief from the federal government is slow-going. At the state level, Lee has allocated millions from TennCare to aid hard-hit areas, but many are still without homes.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning “federal censorship” of online speech. Some fear it will make social media more toxic.
A news conference was held Monday to speak against Governor Lee and the Tennessee legislature members who support the passage of the "Education Freedom Act."