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What’s so special about next week’s special legislative session?

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Starting the afternoon of Aug. 21, lawmakers will get to work.

This “extraordinary session” is limited to bills regarding things like mental health, school safety and arrest records.

So what can we expect to come from this special session? What bills are being introduced? Do they address the concerns that Tennessee residents expressed in the wake of Covenant? Today we get a preview from our reporters and two members of the Tennessee General Assembly of what to expect from this special session.

We start the hour with Paige Pfleger’s investigation with Pro Publica, which finds that Tennessee has repeatedly failed to keep guns out of dangerous hands.

Guests:

  • Paige Pfleger, WPLN criminal justice reporter

  • Blaise Gainey, WPLN political reporter

  • Rep. Bob Freeman, Democrat, TN House District 56

  • Rep. Mark Cochran, Republican, TN House District 23

    • This episode was produced by Magnolia McKay.

    Further reading:

    • How Tennessee’s justice system allows dangerous people to keep guns — with deadly outcomes

    • Republican Gov. Bill Lee calls for special session on ‘public safety.’ Democrats say it will do more harm than good.

    • Live Blog: the Tennessee legislature’s special session on public safety

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