Sarah Grace Taylor

Nashville

State Reporter at Nashville Banner

Back home covering TN politics for @nashvillebanner. Previously at POLITICO, Seattle Times, Chattanooga TFP.

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ICE detains 94 immigrants from THP traffic stops

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

In five days of swarming state roads to find undocumented immigrants, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said it has made 468 immigration-probing traffic stops as of early Thursday, resulting in nearly 100 U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions.
ICE and THP raid Nashville's Latino neighborhoods

1 week ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

The Tennessee Highway Patrol and federal immigration officials descended upon Nashville’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods in the wee hours of Sunday morning, making around 150 traffic stops, detaining an unknown number of people and quickly bussing some to out-of-state immigration centers.
Tennessee General Assembly adjourns : Key bills updates

3 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

Tuesday night, the Tennessee General Assembly adjourned for the year, more or less marking the halfway point of a two-year legislative session. At this juncture, some of the most controversial bills around issues like immigration and public safety are waiting to be reprised early next year, while other proposals have been irreversibly shot down or sent to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. Below is a summary of where bills previously covered by the Banner stand.
Controversial Tennessee education bill might wait until 2026

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

A proposed bill that would allow school districts to charge tuition for or deny public education to undocumented children may be delayed until next year as funding questions loom. The bill, which scraped by in the state Senate last week, may not get a final vote in the House until next year as even those who conceptually support the measure question its fiscal impact behind the scenes.
Tennessee Lawmakers Weigh Dissolving Human Rights Commission

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill to dissolve the state’s Human Rights Commission, a move which staff and previous commissioners believe may be tied to the commission’s ousted vice chair. The bill would end the independent board of appointed commissioners who handle discrimination complaints about employers, housing providers and others who make decisions based on factors like race, gender or disability.
Tennessee Senate passes controversial education bill

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

A bill allowing school districts to charge tuition or ban students based on immigration status squeaked through the Tennessee State Senate on Thursday, leaving the House to determine its fate. In the closest Senate floor vote of the session — closer even than the contentious school voucher vote in the special session earlier this year — the votes were 19-13 to approve the bill, despite a month of protests and opposition from community members, business owners and clergy from across the state.
Tennessee's Akilah's Law: Concern over mental health aspects

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

As a gun control bill picks up steam in the Tennessee General Assembly, mental health advocates question the scope of the law and Democrats try to balance supporting Nashville’s newest lawmaker with effective strategy. Rep. Shaundelle Brooks (D-Hermitage) won her Tennessee House seat in last November’s election and an unexpected bipartisan victory in subcommittee last month, all on the promise of gun control to honor her late son, Akilah Dasilva.
Tennessee bill targeting undocumented students advances

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

A bill allowing Tennessee school districts to charge tuition to, or outright ban undocumented K-12 public school students advanced again Tuesday. It is on track for passage before the session ends later this month, despite its rocky financial basis.
Tennessee Bill Targets Undocumented K-12 Students

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

In the first hearing on a contentious bill that could allow Tennessee school districts to deny or charge tuition to undocumented K-12 students, the sponsor said it was strictly a matter of financial responsibility. “I understand why people choose not to discuss this sensitive issue of how we deal with the undocumented students that are in many of our schools, but it is a fiscal reality that we need to address,” Sen. Bo Watson (R-Hixson) told the Senate Education Committee in early March.
Tennessee lawmakers debate gun control through Brooks' bill

1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Grace Taylor

Tennessee lawmakers are still torn on gun control policy but are warming up to Rep. Shaundelle Brooks. The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee gave bipartisan support to a gun control bill from Nashville’s newest representative Wednesday, after rejecting another gun control bill in a heated argument in the same meeting. While Brooks’ success is a harbinger of progress for some, the treatment of Rep. Justin J.

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