Special Session Day 1: House GOP Passes Rules Restricting Speech, Limiting Public Access

Members of the public can't hold signs nor access parts of the Capitol.


Mothers of children who attend Nashville’s Covenant School in the Tennessee House gallery on the first day of the 2023 special legislative session. (Photo: John Partipilo)

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