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Colin Goodbred, a 22-year-old transgender student, poses on the campus of Dartmouth College, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Hanover, N.H. Goodbred, who was raised in the Nashville suburbs, says the bevy of new laws in Tennessee could keep him from ever calling the state home again. Conservative lawmakers nationwide introduced a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills this year, but no state's political leaders have gone further than Tennessee in enacting new laws targeting transgender people. (AP...

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Dartmouth student weighs return home to state at forefront of anti-trans laws

by Jonathan Mattise Associated Press, Kimberlee Kruesi Associated Press, and Lindsay Whitehurst Associated PressMay 23, 2021

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Conservative lawmakers nationwide introduced a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills this year, but no state’s political leaders have gone further than Tennessee in enacting new laws targeting transgender people.Lawmakers passed and Republican…

A woman wearing a shirt honoring Juneteenth and other milestones of history raises her first with union workers and other supporters at the start of a march Friday, June 19, 2020, near the Port of Seattle as part of a coordinated eight-hour work stoppage at more than two dozen West Coast Ports that was organized by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Workers took part in rallies honoring Juneteenth and to protest against police violence and racism. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Juneteenth takes on new meaning amid push for racial justice

by Mike Householder Associated Press, Jonathan Mattise Associated Press, and Michelle R. Smith Associated PressJune 19, 2020

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2017 file photo, police tape lines the scene at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church Antioch, Tenn. A man charged in the shooting expressed suicidal thoughts in June according to police records. With bipartisan support in many cases, 17 states and Washington D.C. have now passed so-called “red flag laws” that allow the court-ordered removal of guns from people who are considered to be dangerous.(Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)

‘Red flag laws’ gain momentum

by Ryan J. Foley Associated Press, and Jonathan Mattise Associated PressAugust 24, 2019

Emanuel Kidega Samson sits in court as the verdict is read in his murder trial Friday, May 24, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Samson was found guilty of first-degree murder in a shooting at a Nashville church two years ago that left a woman dead and seven wounded. Jurors deliberated less than five hours before finding Samson guilty on all 43 counts in the indictment. (Shelley Mays/The Tennessean via AP, Pool)

Man found guilty in church shooting

by Jonathan Mattise Associated PressMay 24, 2019

This photo provided by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows Erika Castro-Miles who was arrested and charged Wednesday, May 30, 2018, with first-degree murder in connection to Dickson County sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Baker's death. Tennessee authorities say the sheriff's deputy was fatally shot and a suspect identified by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Steven Joshua Wiggins, believed to be "armed and dangerous" is still at large. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation via AP)

Public’s Help Sought in Finding Deputy’s Killer

by Jonathan Mattise The Associated PressJune 1, 2018

This combination of photos provided by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shows Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, left, and her former bodyguard, retired police Sgt. Robert Forrest. Barry resigned Tuesday, March 6, 2018, after pleading guilty to cheating the city out of thousands of dollars as she carried on an affair with Forrest. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department via AP)

Nashville Mayor Resigns After Affair, Pleads Guilty to Theft

by Jonathan Mattise Associated PressMarch 6, 2018

This Oct. 26, 2017 photo shows Amber McCarter, a 22-year-old from Tennessee who is colorblind, looks out from Mt. Harrison at the Ober Gatlinburg resort through a viewfinder designed to help see more colors. Tennessee tourism officials have installed the colorblind viewfinder there, in addition to viewfinders in two other scenic spots in the state. (AP Photo/Jonathan Matisse)

Viewfinders Unveil Fall Foliage for the Colorblind

by Jonathan Mattise Associated PressNovember 1, 2017

One example of a home and cars burning and the next door neighbor home left undamaged in Gatlinburg on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 following the devastating fires on Monday night.

Number of Deaths From Southern U.S. Wildfires Increases to 11

by Adam Beam Associated Press, and Jonathan Mattise Associated PressDecember 1, 2016

A makeshift memorial appears at Woodmore Elementary on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn., a day after a school bus crash that killed at least 5 Woodmore students. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Tennessee Bus Crash Kills 5 Children

by Jonathan Mattise Associated PressNovember 23, 2016

Jimmy Scott gets a hug from Anna May Watson, left, as they clean up from severe flooding in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Friday, June 24, 2016. Scott lost his home to the flood and a fire that consumed his and the homes of several relatives. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Devastation From East to West

by Jonathan Mattise Associated Press, and Bruce Schreiner Associated PressJune 25, 2016