Melissa Brown
State Politics Reporter at The Tennessean
@ChalkbeatTN bureau chief | formerly @Tennessean state politics | Bama native | Email tips + dog pictures to [email protected]
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2 days ago |
chalkbeat.org | Melissa Brown
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Tennessee may soon make it easier for schools to temporarily remove some students with disabilities from their classrooms.
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2 days ago |
tennessean.com | Melissa Brown |Evan Mealins
The Williams family sued in 2023 after access to gender-affirming care for transgender teenagers was banned in Tennessee. The U.S. government initially argued against Tennessee's law, before flipping positions after President Donald Trump took office. The ruling will likely set broad precedent on how constitutional protections apply to transgender people.
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4 days ago |
chalkbeat.org | Melissa Brown |Thomas Wilburn
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. For the first time in five years, many Shelby County families are missing out on supplemental grocery cash this summer after Tennessee stopped participating in a federal program that served the entire state.
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1 week ago |
chalkbeat.org | Melissa Brown
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The Memphis-Shelby County school board passed the $1.9 billion 2025-26 district budget Wednesday that will fund the return of fall and spring break academies, staffing incentives, and a new preventative maintenance team to address longstanding building issues.
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1 week ago |
dailymemphian.com | Melissa Brown
Education By Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat Tennessee Updated: June 11, 2025 1:43 PM CT | Published: June 11, 2025 1:43 PM CT The majority of low-income Tennessee students will miss out on summer grocery benefits for the first time since 2020 after the state refused federal funding for the program. Instead, Tennessee is launching a much smaller program, which advocates warn will hurt food-insecure families across the state.
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RT @jcbowman: Tennessee launches its summer food benefits this week. Most students in the state will miss out. https://t.co/ElucTPckpL @its…
Tennessee launches its summer food benefits this week. Most students across the state will miss out after the state rejected millions in federal funding https://t.co/vTuOKov8c1
"...lobbyists who were visiting Green for what they believed were legislative meetings were surprised to find themselves on the other end of the conversation. It was Green who had something to sell them: a mysterious business opportunity."
New: Mark Green has been pitching people on a foreign business venture in Guyana and has even tried to connect with potential investors. Sources say he doesn’t go in depth about the venture He was in Guyana yesterday when he announced his resignation https://t.co/nG37V7qtAO
