NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee began a push in April to address public safety, his family was grieving the loss of two close friends, both educators killed in a mass shooting at a Nashville Christian school. His call for millions of dollars to harden school security was embraced by Republicans in the Legislature, who flanked him during a formal announcement. But days later, when Lee, a Republican, decided to go further and ask for an order of protection law that could tempora
Tennessee’s Republican governor called a special session to address public safety in the wake of a school shooting, but his own party is set to thwart his key measure.
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If you’ve been ignoring the discussion about infrastructure legislation in Washington, you might want to rethink that: Nonprofits are advocating successfully in many cases for their priorities to become part of President Biden’s next big legislative push. Now they are seeking even more.
Already, priorities that would help the people nonprofits serve have been included in Biden’s $2 trillion plan, such as improvements for transportation, health care, and community care of the elderly.
But now nonprofits hope the next phase of the Biden plan will offer grants to
help nonprofits avoid layoffs and improve the