Kimberlee Kruesi

Kimberlee Kruesi

August 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Judges Dismiss Suit Alleging Tennessee's Political Maps Discriminate Against Communities of Color

The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state's few Democratic strongholds.

By Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press

4 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Protest This Way, Not That Way: In Statehouses, Varied Rules Restrict Public Voices

Shaking violently between sobs, parent Sarah Shoop Neumann could only manage a whisper as state troopers escorted her out of a Tennessee legislative…

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jeff Amy and Anthony Izaguirre | The Associated Press

6 minute read

August 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

State Takeover of Nashville Airport Board to Remain in Place as Lawsuit Proceeds, Court Rules

In a decision handed down Monday by the Chancery Court for the State of Tennessee's Twentieth Judicial District, the judges criticized Nashville city leaders for "inexplicably" waiting weeks before they asked the court to block the law from taking effect.

By Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press

2 minute read

February 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Lawmakers: Tennessee AG Has Legal Concerns Over Abortion Ban

According to House Speaker Cameron Sexton, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti advised lawmakers that proposed changes to the so-called trigger law would better protect it from court challenges.

By Jonathan Mattise and Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press

5 minute read

July 30, 2020 | Daily Business Review

House COVID Oversight Panel Demands Documents From 4 States

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and three other Republican governors must provide documents to the head of a congressional coronavirus oversight panel showing how their states are combating the pandemic.

By Kimberlee Kruesi

4 minute read