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http://wkrn.com/2016/01/12/tenn-senator-wants-state-to-have-over-the-counter-birth-control/ NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Over-the-counter birth control doesn’t exist in Tennessee yet, but it’s already law in Oregon and California. However, one of the people who helps make Tennessee’s laws wants our state to be next. “This is as close to an official announcement as there is,” Senator Steve Dickerson told News 2. Dickerson wants to make birth control … Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Over-the-counter birth control doesn’t exist in Tennessee yet, but it’s already law in Oregon and California. However, one of the people who helps make Tennessee’s laws wants our state to be next. “This is as close to an official announcement as there is,” Senator Steve Dickerson told News 2. Dickerson wants to make birth control more … Read More

Allison Halbrook has set the path for what Nashville officeholders hope will be a historic year in getting high school students registered to vote. As Hume-Fogg High School’s Advanced Placement U.S. government teacher, Halbrook has the unique position of having all seniors as students. So this week, she made sure that each and every voter-eligible senior registered. Her next goal: … Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Two lawmakers from Nashville are working together to encourage more teens to register to vote. The Tennessean reports Republican state Sen. Steve Dickerson and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper are working with the Davidson County Election Commission to raise awareness of a program that allows 17-year-old high school students to register to vote, though they have … Read More

A group of state lawmakers are forming a coalition of advocates for a budget amendment towards construction of a new $1.1 million Native American cultural and education center in Nashville. The Native American Indian Association of Tennessee is proposing the Circle of Life Cultural Center to be used as a historical museum for local educators and as a headquarters where the nonprofit … Read More

A Davidson County interchange now bears the name of a Metro police officer who was struck and killed by a motor home last year. The green sign with the words “Officer Michael Petrina Memorial Interchange” stands where Old Hickory Boulevard crosses over Interstate 65 near Brentwood. It will serve as a permanent reminder of the 25-year-old officer’s service and the grave consequences of drivers … Read More

Keena Kleckley helped guide patients at Saint Thomas’ Medical Mission at Home from the screening area to where they would wait for medical, dental or vision checkups. Some patients came for all the checkups, while others came to the Municipal Auditorium for a particular service. There were about 100 people registered and an estimated 300 more in line at 8:45 a.m. … Read More

It used to be the place to go in Bellevue. It was the center of the suburban community, where people shopped and met up with friends. But for the past seven years, the Bellevue Center mall has been shuttered, an empty relic of what it once was. On Saturday evening, Bellevue residents came in droves to celebrate both its destruction … Read More

Despite a bruising defeat this spring, undocumented students and their allies are more confident than ever that they can rally the support needed to win more affordable college tuition. Under state law, undocumented students who want to go to public colleges must pay out-of-state rates that are often two or three times higher than those offered to Tennessee citizens. This … Read More

by Senator Steve Dickerson, The Tennessean, April 6, 2015- Tennesseans are in need. About one in three Tennesseans will suffer from cancer at some point in their lives and over 30,000 Tennesseans depend on end-of-life palliative care. While medical science is rapidly advancing in both areas, we have a medicine now that could be of great benefit but we are … Read More