TBI Charges 5 After Two-Day Trafficking Bust Near Chattanooga

Five Men Face Charges And Seven Women Are Being Provided With Resources After The TBI Worked A Two-Day Human Trafficking Operation.

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Tennessee Senate Passes 3 Bills Proposed By Lee – Free Firearm Locks, Court Reporting To TBI, Human Trafficking Reporting – Wants To Adjourn Aug. 24

The Tennessee Senate Met Yesterday For The 3rd Day Of Governor Lee’s Extraordinary Session And Passed Three Bills Proposed By Lee And One Dealing With Appropriations For School Safety, Mental Health And Paying For The Special Session Itself & Makes Plans To Close Out Aug. 24th.

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Tennessee Senate Advances 3 Bills, House Subcommittee Gallery Emptied

The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee Tabled Much Of Its Agenda On The Second Day Of The Special Session On Tuesday Advancing 3 Bills. However, The House Civil Justice Subcommittee Received Attention For Another Reason As The Chairman Made The Decision To Empty The Gallery.

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Mental Health Funding, TennCare Coverage Waiver Are Special Session Priorities

When A Special Session On Public Safety Begins Aug. 21, Gov. Bill Lee Will Call For Increased Spending To Help Grow And Retain Mental Health Professionals In The State Along With Requesting Matching Federal Funds For Medicaid To Cover Mental Health And Substance Use Disorders.

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U.S. House Republicans Pass Border Security Bill As Title 42 Expires

U.S. House Republicans Passed A Bill Thursday In Response To The Surge In Illegal Immigration At The Nation’s Southern Border During President Joe Biden’s Tenure. The Measure Was Voted On Just As Title 42 Enforcement Was Set To Expire At Midnight.

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U.S. Senators Introduce Bill To Prevent Trafficking On Migrant Children

A Group Of Republican U.S. Senators Have Introduced Legislation That Would Require U.S. Department Of Homeland Security To Take Steps To Prevent Human Trafficking At The Border Between The United States And Mexico.

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Florida Attorney General Seeks Investigation Into Biden Administration’s Handling Of Minors Trafficked To U.S.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Called On Congress On Tuesday To Investigate The Biden Administration For What She Described As “Subjecting Unaccompanied Minors To Human Trafficking.”

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Florida Files SCOTUS Brief Ahead Of Oral Arguments Over DHS Not Deporting Violent Criminal Aliens

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Filed A Brief With The U.S. Supreme Court In Support Of A Lawsuit Filed By Texas And Louisiana Seeking To Halt A Department Of Homeland Security Policy That Limited Federal Agents From Detaining And Deporting Dangerous Criminal Aliens…

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