A wave of new Tennessee laws went into effect Monday, many of them shaped explicitly or implicitly by the spiritual commitments of the state's lawmakers.
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July 1, 2024 at 2:31 p.m.
A wave of new Tennessee laws went into effect Monday, many of them shaped explicitly or implicitly by the spiritual commitments of the state's lawmakers.