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[Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/florida-man-is-executed-for-the-killings-of-an-8-year-old-girl-and-her-grandmother) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/iStock-525498434.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/a-new-anti-transgender-bathroom-bill-in-tennessee-is-headed-to-the-governors-desk) #### [A new anti-transgender bathroom bill in Tennessee is headed to the governor’s desk](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/a-new-anti-transgender-bathroom-bill-in-tennessee-is-headed-to-the-governors-desk) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Mar 21, 2025 A proposal in Tennessee that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex”... [Read More](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/a-new-anti-transgender-bathroom-bill-in-tennessee-is-headed-to-the-governors-desk) [![](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/2025-01-20T173149Z_1266776860_RC2SDCALJL77_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-INAUGURATION.jpg) ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/desantis-warns-he-has-tools-including-suspending-local-officials-if-they-dont-cooperate-with-ice) #### [DeSantis warns he has ‘tools’ including suspending local officials if they don’t cooperate with ICE](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/desantis-warns-he-has-tools-including-suspending-local-officials-if-they-dont-cooperate-with-ice) ![Picture of Merit Street Media](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Merit%20logo.png?width=30&name=Merit%20logo.png) [Merit Street Media | ](https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/news/author/merit-street-media-1) Mar 21, 2025 ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday his office has tools including suspending officials from office to compel local governments... 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