Marianna Bacallao
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Marianna Bacallao
@mariannabac.bsky.social
Reporter at @WPLN.bsky.social, Nashville’s @NPR.org station
Previously @gpbpolitics, @gpbmacon
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The measure has passed the Tennessee Senate, 19-13.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The scene outside the Tennessee Senate as lawmakers are soon to vote on whether to deny undocumented students an education.

Republican leaders used a different entrance to avoid protesters.
April 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Protesters started reciting the Lord’s Prayer in a Tennessee House committee, as lawmakers narrowly advance a bill denying undocumented kids an education.
April 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
State troopers at the TN statehouse just carried a woman out of a Senate committee for protesting a bill that would allow schools to refuse undocumented students, Troopers warned her that they would press charges if she didn’t leave.
April 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A measure to allow schools to refuse undocumented students has just cleared a Tennessee House subcommittee. Protestors say they’ll be back:
March 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The scene outside a TN education committee after a 5-4 vote that advanced a bill that would allow schools to refuse or charge tuition for students without legal status.
March 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM