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Court: Memphis Church Can Be Sued Over Decades-Old Sexual Abuse
An appellate court found the church synod covered up records and did nothing to stop the abuse.

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An appellate court found the church synod covered up records and did nothing to stop the abuse.

An ongoing lawsuit has pitted county officials against each other.
State Rep. Vincent Dixie, D-Nashville, called the governor’s steps “an exercise in nothingness.”
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly called for new gun laws amid shootings there.
Approximately 25,000 Arabic-speaking families live in Nashville.
The plaintiffs say they were fired from the agency after reporting safety concerns at nuclear power plants near Chattanooga and Nashville.
The plaintiffs say the agency fired them after they reported safety concerns at nuclear power plants near Chattanooga and Nashville.
The rally in Nashville on Wednesday came in the wake of high-profile mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo, NY.
Although he didn't veto the legislation, he says he believes there's a better solution.
The agency says its actions are due to a 6-year-old conviction of WJBE owner, former state Rep. Joe Armstrong.
He plans to focus his campaign for governor on education, women’s rights, healthcare, economic development, and transportation.
Rep. John Ray Clemmons, D-Nashville, was emotional in a press conference in response to the Texas school shooting that left 21 dead.
The agency drew the ire of of both Republican and Democrat lawmakers over plans to clearcut forests.
Workers and advocates marched to the corporation’s stakeholders meeting in Goodlettsville, only to be met with a locked door.
The bill would allow students to use state funds and local dollars to enroll in private schools.
The ash is being transported through and stored in south Memphis communities.
Smiley, an attorney by trade, was elected to Memphis City Council in 2019.
The bill requires dark-money groups that pour cash into political campaigns to disclose their expenditures before elections.
"They do not see us as people."
Also, former U.S. Senate candidate Mark Clayton disrupts officials discussing a civil penalty against a Metro Nashville Councilman.