There are 6 article(s) tagged Lamar London:

• June 2021

  • Did House Bill 580 negate critical race theory or prove it?

    Here’s how a handful of white legislators changed how Black history is taught in Tennessee.

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    Teachers at Grizz Prep, surrounded by history, pledge to ‘teach truth' about race

     

    By David Waters June 18, 2021

• April 2021

  • Senate approves bill requiring police recordings of juvenile interrogations

    Police would be required to record their interrogations of juveniles under a bill passed unanimously by the Tennessee Senate Wednesday, April 14.

    By Ian Round April 14, 2021

• March 2021

  • ‘Constitutional carry’ bills pass committee despite opposition from law enforcement, advocates

    The two bills go next to the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee.

    By Ian Round March 10, 2021

• September 2020

  • Levitt Shell, Graceland tagged with BLM, anti-police graffiti

    Levitt Shell officials say the pandemic has left them in dire financial straights and vandalism is devastating. Graceland was also tagged with graffiti.

    By Linda A. Moore, Jared Boyd September 03, 2020

• July 2020

  • State struggles with constitutional questions under Lee

    Gov. Bill Lee is willing to pay the cost, no matter how high, in the legal battle over Tennessee’s new law to block abortions after a Republican-appointed judge stopped the measure from taking effect.

    By Sam Stockard July 20, 2020

• May 2020

  • Governor refuses Black Caucus’ request for universal absentee vote

    Despite COVID-19 cases continuing to spread statewide, with Tennessee counting 373 more Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee is rejecting a request by the Tennessee Black Caucus to issue an executive order allowing universal absentee voting.

    By Sam Stockard, Bill Dries May 28, 2020