[ad_1] State lawmakers occasionally remove their fellow colleagues, but it’s often for cases involving criminal misconduct or major ethical lapses. Last week’s vote in Tennessee was exceedingly rare for its speed and partisanship. Nearly all of the Republican supermajority voted to oust Jones and Pearson, and the effort to removeContinue Reading
[ad_1] “We need leaders who have the courage to act at statehouses and Washington, D.C. in the United States Congress,” Harris said, her voice rising above the cheers and applause in Fisk Memorial Chapel. “Have the courage to act, instead of the cowardice to not allow debate and to notContinue Reading
[ad_1] Tennessee’s senators have also introduced school security legislation in response to the mass shooting. [ad_2] #Senate #unanimously #passed #resolution #honoring #victims #Covenant #School #shooting #Nashville ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Continue Reading
[ad_1] There’s an irony to this nod to video games, since they have been frequently (and inaccurately) blamed for the rise of violence in general and school shootings in particular. But it’s more than just these video game elements that makes the Wick world so familiar, one where death coatsContinue Reading
[ad_1] Washington: Police said that they have yet to determine a motive in the Nashville, Tennessee, elementary school shooting. “This school, this church building, was a target of the shooter,” Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters a day after the shooting at the Covenant School that left six peopleContinue Reading
[ad_1] Hale was under a doctor’s care for an undisclosed emotional disorder and was not known to police before the attack, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at the news conference. If police had been told that Hale was suicidal or homicidal, “then we would have tried to getContinue Reading
[ad_1] Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tweet is part of a broader push by Democrats nationwide to pass gun safety legislation. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Twitter Monday night for voting against gun safety laws and accepting over $1 million in donations fromContinue Reading
[ad_1] “I came down because I heard there was chocolate chip ice cream,” Biden said. His speech quickly shifted to calling on Congress to ban assault weapons in the wake of the shooting. Three adults and three children were confirmed dead following a mass shooting Monday morning at The CovenantContinue Reading
[ad_1] The victims were identified as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all 8 or 9 years old, and adults Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; and Mike Hill, 61. The website of The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001, lists a Katherine Koonce as the headContinue Reading