Advocates blast Trump campaign against in-state tuition for immigrants. Shauneen Miranda reports for @statesnewsroom.com
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Anita Wadhwani
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Reporter, Tennessee Lookout. Nashville.
@fischler.bsky.socialReposted by @anitawadhwani.bsky.social@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialChrista Pike's attorney argued Wednesday that records from her failed execution must be preserved, because the public could “not take the state’s word....Their word is shrouded in secrecy and legal jargon in attempts to obfuscate what really happened”
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialMemphis City Council erupts in protests/yelling matches as it delayed final vote on a proposed data center moratorium
Dozens of police were called to disperse crowd of a few hundred after shouting matches btw attendees & council members.
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialTennessee Republicans: Legislature to investigate other execution methods after failed lethal injections.
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialAs Iran war drives up fuel costs, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee agrees to let farmers use untaxed diesel fuel for transport.
Last week, Trump relaxed the rules on cheaper diesel typically used to fuel farm equipment, allowing its use on roads.
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialA federal judge has dismissed a challenge brought by the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to 2025 Tennessee law making it a crime to "harbor" or transport immigrants. The plaintiffs lacked standing, he ruled.
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@tennesseelookout.comReposted by @anitawadhwani.bsky.socialThe federal government has allocated more than $31 billion to fund the 287(g) agreements across the country, driving the numbers of immigrants arrested up. @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social reports.
@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialImmigrant arrests & detentions occurred across Tennessee, but the main targets ICE's enforcement efforts were in Memphis and Nashville, followed by Knox, Rutherford and Hamilton Cos.
View an interactive map of arrests/detentions in each county here: tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/05/u...
@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialUnder Trump, immigration arrests and detentions surged in Tennessee. Two-thirds of those detained had no prior criminal conviction
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@tennesseelookout.comReposted by @anitawadhwani.bsky.social“(Frank) Strada oversaw three executions in Arizona,” she wrote. “All three were marked by prolonged and problematic attempts to establish IV access — eerily similar to the botched attempted execution of Tony Carruthers in Tennessee. From our colleagues at @azmirror.com.
@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialFrank Strada was hired in Tennessee after a string of troubling execution failures in Arizona; Pike’s was the second botched execution he oversaw in Tennessee this year
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialAfter botched execution leaves Christa Pike in critical condition, Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner resigns, according to news release from Gov. Bill Lee @tennesseelookout.com
@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialAfter second botched execution this year, Tennessee Dems call for legislative oversight, GOP for change tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/02/a... @friedmanadam5.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
@tennesseelookout.comReposted by @anitawadhwani.bsky.social"The baby,” she said, breaking into tears when referring to her 1-year-old daughter, “The baby, I think … I felt … she knew I was her mom.” A Nashville asylum seeker and mother of two speaks after her release from three months in a Louisiana ICE detention facility.
@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialTennessee faces estimated $220M in extra SNAP costs under new federal rules tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/02/t... @cstephenson.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com
@mariannabac.bsky.socialReposted by @anitawadhwani.bsky.socialAfter a second botched execution this year, Marsha Blackburn is calling for Tennessee to "bring back the electric chair."
For some on death row, it never left.
@mprnews.orgReposted by @anitawadhwani.bsky.socialThe family of Renee Good has filed two civil lawsuits in the wake of her killing by a federal agent during Operation Metro Surge.
mprnews.orgRenee Good's family files civil lawsuits against U.S., federal agentsThe family of Renee Good has filed two civil lawsuits against the United States, a federal agent and officials for the January shooting and death of Renee Good. Her family is expected to speak later T...
@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialTennessee governor orders third-party review, pause all executions for the rest of the year after botched execution last night of Christa Pike
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.social“I feel like too many doors — they are closing. I feel trapped that I cannot find the light."
"We came to this country to work hard, to provide our kids a better life. We didn’t come here to suffer more than we suffered in our countries.”
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@anitawadhwani.bsky.socialAfter weeks of limbo and uncertain messaging, federal government now distributing COVID vaccines to states via the Vaccines for Children program, which provides free vaccines for about half the nation's low-income, uninsured kids tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/30/a...